{"product_id":"9781350428980","title":"Desdemona","description":"\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42445778387005,"sku":"9781350428980","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781350428980_p0.jpg?v=1771572537","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781350428980","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}