{"product_id":"sunset-limited","title":"Sunset Limited","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeft, spare, and full of artful tension, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully crafted play from the legendary Cormac McCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Blood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e grips from the very first page'' – \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn that small apartment the two men, known as ''Black'' and ''White'', begin a conversatino that leads each back through his own history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhite is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con in recovery for drug addiction, is the more hopeful of the men. He is, however, desperate to convince White of the power of faith – while White is desperate to deny it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween them, they hope to discover the meaning of life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305306694014,"sku":"NW9780330518192","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780330518192.jpg?v=1778696214","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/sunset-limited","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}