{"product_id":"playland-and-a-place-with-the-pigs-paperback","title":"Playland and a Place with the Pigs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAthol Fugard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, personal portrayal of the conflicts, fears, and hopes that reshaped the political landscape of South Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a traveling amusement park's temporary encampment on the outskirts of a small town, \u003ci\u003ePlayland\u003c\/i\u003e charts the unlikely relationship between a white man recently released from military service and a Black man who works as the carnival's night watchman. In the course of the long New Year's Eve they spend together which marks the transition from the '80s to the '90s, they are forced to confront not only their long-held racial animosities, but the soul-searching secrets they share.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume is \u003ci\u003eA Place with the Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e, Fugard's personal parable based on the true story of Pavel Ivanovich Navrotsky, a deserter from the Soviet army who spent the forty-one years of his self-imposed exile in a pigsty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAthol Fugard\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-2025) worked in the theater as a playwright, director and actor for more than fifty years. His plays include \u003cem\u003eBlood Knot\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoesman and Lena\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\"Master Harold\"... and the boys\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Mecca\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMy Children! My Africa!\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStatements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eValley Song\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.45 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330417922285,"sku":"9781559360715","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/2STXfgGUxU9781559360715.webp?v=1784928636","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/playland-and-a-place-with-the-pigs-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}