{"product_id":"desdemona","title":"Desdemona By Morrison, Toni","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work.'' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRipped from the world by her husband''s paranoia, Desdemona turns in death towards the memory of Barbary, the North African maid who raised her: together, they explore the contours of death, race, war, love and motherhood, in a moving elegy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAudacious with ambition, \u003ci\u003eDesdemona\u003c\/i\u003e is Toni Morrison''s intimate reimagining of the fourth act of Shakespeare''s \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, mixing monologue with Rokia Traore''s lyrical songs to re-examine the Bard''s presentation of race and female suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart-play, part-concert, part-quest into the afterlife, \u003ci\u003eDesdemona is\u003c\/i\u003e published in Methuen Drama''s Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Joyce Green MacDonald.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57642995057022,"sku":"NW9781350428980","price":11.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781350428980.jpg?v=1783193134","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/desdemona","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}