{"product_id":"9781350346239","title":"Bliss (Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's good to see you're alive. Good to know not all the ghosts in the streets are enemies...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1921. Russia. Winter. When Nikita returns home from the brutal civil war, he attempts to start a new life with his drunken father Mikhail and his new wife Lyuba, the feisty young girl he remembers from his school days. When Nikita fails to consummate his marriage - all the while aware that he is being haunted by a mysterious figure - escape is the only solution he can find. He finally emerges in a new town further along the Potudan River, only to be accused of an ambiguous crime against the Soviet State...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a short story by the Russian writer Andrey Platonov (1899-1951), Bliss is a kaleidoscope of hopes, dreams and realities, as the survivors of years of devastating war and political revolution search for their 'bliss' in post-war Soviet Russia. They quickly learn that a society needs time to recover from catastrophe, and that the future is only built by those who manage to accept their past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Bliss was published alongside the world premiere at the Finborough Theatre, London in May 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48224294371563,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":29.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781350346239-1.jpg?v=1781676299","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781350346239","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}