{"product_id":"9781925626001","title":"Set Me Free: How Shakespeare Saved A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e Sasà grew up in Naples. He never went to school, and instead grew up with street violence and bloodshed, becoming the leader of a gang of boys mixed up with the Camorra by the age of fourteen. At the age of thirty, he was in prison, his life all but mapped out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e That’s when Shakespeare steps in. At Sasà’s most hopeless point, he is persuaded to join the prison’s drama troupe. In Shakespeare’s \u003ci\u003eTempest\u003c\/i\u003e, Sasà stumbles on what he needs to explain the world which has defined his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSet Me Free: The Story of How Shakespeare Saved A Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about betrayal, forgiveness and, above all, the transformative power of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSalvatore Striano\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1972 in Naples. During a stint in prison, he discovered a love of reading and theatre. Striano is now a successful actor and has had a number of roles in cinema and TV, including \u003ci\u003eCesare deve morire\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Shakespeare’s \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e (Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ‘An interesting and lively story of an individual who rediscovers his dignity’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOtago Daily Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138648850672,"sku":"9781925626001","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925626001_p0.jpg?v=1763634755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925626001","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}