{"product_id":"god-said-this-9780300243635","title":"God Said This","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leah Nanako Winkler | Ayad Akhtar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2018 winner of the Yale Drama Series competition is a riveting exploration of family and death\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Kentucky, this compelling drama centers around a Japanese-American family reunited as their matriarch \u003cbr\u003e undergoes cancer treatment. The father, James, is a recovering alcoholic seeking redemption, and the two \u003cbr\u003e daughters are struggling to overcome their differences--Sophie is an ardent born-again Christian, while Hiro \u003cbr\u003e lives a single's life in New York City. John, an old high school classmate of Hiro's who is now a single dad, worries about leaving a legacy for his son. Wry and bittersweet, God Said This vividly captures the complexities of a familial reconciliation in the throes of crisis and looks deeply at the meaning of family--Japanese, Southern, and otherwise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first Yale Drama Series winner chosen by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, who \u003cbr\u003e describes the play as conveying \"a deeply felt sense of the universal--of the perfection of our parents' flawed \u003cbr\u003e love for each other and for us; for the ways in which the approach of death can order the meaning of a human life.\"","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47573585264791,"sku":"9780300243635","price":2195.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300243635.webp?v=1774893238","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/god-said-this-9780300243635","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}