{"product_id":"9781350600188","title":"Describe the Night","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDescribe the Night\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRajiv Joseph\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The scenes that make up Rajiv Joseph's ambitiously complex \u003ci\u003eDescribe the Night\u003c\/i\u003e dance and skip through time.\" - \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel wanders the countryside with the Red Cavalry. In 1990, a mysterious KGB agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Russia and Eastern Europe over the course of ninety years, Rajiv Joseph's thrilling and epic play weaves together the lives of seven men and women into an interconnected web of myth, desire, and conspiracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of an Obie Award for Best New American Play in 2018, \u003ci\u003eDescribe the Night\u003c\/i\u003e is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Lisa Spirling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRajiv Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e is an American playwright. He was named a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play \u003ci\u003eBengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. \u003c\/i\u003eHis play \u003ci\u003eGuards at the Taj\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2016 Obie winner for Best New American Play and a 2016 Lucille Lortel Winner for Best Play. His play \u003ci\u003eArchduke\u003c\/i\u003e received its world premiere in 2017 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350600188\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333862850700,"sku":"9781350600188","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_cbd672c5-7b60-4d07-8390-830a5b9d4d9b.jpg?v=1783617201","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350600188","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}