{"product_id":"ghosts-a-public-enemy-when-we-dead-wake-9780140441352","title":"Ghosts, A Public Enemy, When We Dead Wake","description":"By: Henrik Ibsen     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith three plays focusing on the family and how it struggles to stay together by telling lies - and exposing them, Henrik Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eGhosts and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e, Osvald Alving returns home only to discover the truth about the father he always looked up to, and learns the horrific effect his father's debauchery has had on him. It was Ibsen's most provocative drama, stripping away the surface of a middle-class family to expose layers of hypocrisy and immorality. \u003ci\u003eA Public Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e sets two brothers against each other when one wishes to make public the facts about the polluted water in the public baths of their home town. \u003ci\u003eAnd When We Dead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e tells of an artist meeting an old lover by chance and rejecting his wife, in a symbolic exploration of Ibsen's own literary life and the sacrifices he made in his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Watts's translation maintains the colloquial tone of the original dialogue. He has also provided an introduction and notes on the texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenrik Ibsen (1828-1906) turned to journalism and playwriting instead of pursuing a university career. Ibsen was one of the earliest writers to dramatise the individual's alienation from society. Although Ibsen was never fully appreciated during his lifetime, he has since come to be recognised as one of the great dramatists of all time and the 'Father of Modern Drama'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44566169747683,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780140441352","price":120.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/getimage_2aa07875-770c-4efc-a6d9-f7dfba5c32da.jpg?v=1735587555","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/ghosts-a-public-enemy-when-we-dead-wake-9780140441352","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}