{"product_id":"rip-van-winkle-or-the-works-9780881456943","title":"Rip Van Winkle, Or \"The Works\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Nelson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Nelson uses the familiar tale of Rip Van Winkle as the basis for his epic study of American agrarian reform, the Industrial Revolution, and the labor movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"...The play has a smart, engaging premise. Rip Van Winkle's sleep and waking are used to frame a variety of themes: men and women, parents and children, alcoholism, superstition, and, above all, the battle between industry and agriculture in the social history of the Hudson Valley. The style is also interesting: a kind of terse Bondian dialogue in short Brechtian scenes which allow the audience to find its own path between two ends of an imaginative leap...\"\u003cbr\u003e Erika Munk, The Village Voice\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46493710418071,"sku":"9780881456943","price":1224.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780881456943.webp?v=1769173458","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rip-van-winkle-or-the-works-9780881456943","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}