{"product_id":"lovely-lovely-sometimes-ugly-9781760622787","title":"Lovely Lovely Sometimes Ugly","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patricia Cornelius\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Australian \u0026amp; Oceanian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Lovely Lovely Sometimes Ugly\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of four plays by one of Australia's most fearless playwrights, Patricia Cornelius displays all her skill, wit, beauty and anger, and serves them up like a still beating heart on a chipped plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCornelius's signature grungy poetic style is at its finest in the early play \u003cem\u003eLove\u003c\/em\u003e, a brutally beautiful journey into the emotional core of three broken souls in a broken world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSLUT\u003c\/em\u003e, a short, sharp stab into the heart of internalised misogyny, Cornelius explores the life and perceived crimes of Lolita, a schoolgirl whose sexual confidence both frightens and fascinates her peers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn The Club\u003c\/em\u003e takes us into the adrenalin-fuelled, macho-pumped world of professional footballers and its intersection with slut-shaming and issues of consent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the sweeping, Lorca-inspired \u003cem\u003eThe House of Bernadette\u003c\/em\u003e, the family of women left behind after the death of a patriarch is a goldmine of female desire, sexual repression, and individual compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e[Her work] channels the power of resisting received literary tradition in order to open up a space where the lives of characters on the margins can become vessels of universal truths. \u003c\/em\u003eWindham-Campbell Award judges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46457319653527,"sku":"9781760622787","price":2135.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781760622787.webp?v=1769181229","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/lovely-lovely-sometimes-ugly-9781760622787","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}