{"product_id":"the-spark-and-fire-of-it-9781622881727","title":"The Spark and Fire of It","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary Soto\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Stephen F. Austin University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Performing Arts - Theater \u0026amp; Musicals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove is a good thing--so true in \u003ci\u003eThe Spark and Fire of It\u003c\/i\u003e, this classic one-act romance: two young people smitten to the point of delirium and a gruff father who will have none of it. The father sees his daughter's suitor only as a penniless lad with nothing to offer. But the young woman's mother sees her own husband in the young man, remembering a time when he, too, was an empty-handed suitor. Add internal complications: the young women questions her own judgment, and the young man is tempted by a hooligan called Rascal. Then there is Old Gentleman, who, like a befuddled Socrates, understands this thing called love.\u003cbr\u003e The romance contains poems that begin with a line of Shakespeare that Soto artfully extends into his own original poetry. The dialogue is written in the vernacular of Elizabethan times--though occasionally it falls into contemporary street slang. The code switching reminds readers that love is a human experience that makes the young go crazy no matter the century!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46474326442135,"sku":"9781622881727","price":1638.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781622881727.jpg?v=1766267202","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-spark-and-fire-of-it-9781622881727","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}