{"product_id":"chinglish-tcg-edition-9781559364102","title":"Chinglish (Tcg Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Marvelous . . . the conceit is elegantly of a piece, yet Hwang is able to keep turning it in on itself to reveal new ambiguities, absurdities, subversions and paradoxes.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hwang's plays collectively chart the evolving definition of what it is to be an 'American.' . . . His art has illuminated and anticipated our ongoing national story with a sensibility unlike any other in the American theater.\"--Frank Rich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpringing from the author's personal experiences in China over the past five years, \u003ci\u003eChinglish\u003c\/i\u003e follows a Midwestern American businessman desperately seeking to score a lucrative contact for his family's firm as he travels to China only to discover how much he doesn't understand. Named for the unique and often comical third language that evolves from attempts to translate Chinese signs into English, \u003ci\u003eChinglish\u003c\/i\u003e explores the challenges of doing business in a culture whose language--and ways of communicating--are worlds apart from our own. David Henry Hwang's \"best new work since \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, this shrewd, timely and razor-sharp comedy\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) received its Broadway premiere in fall 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Henry Hwang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Tony Award-winning \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, the Pulitzer Prize-finalist \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFOB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamily Devotions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the books for musicals \u003ci\u003eAida\u003c\/i\u003e (as co-author), \u003ci\u003eFlower Drum Song\u003c\/i\u003e (2002 Broadway revival), and \u003ci\u003eTarzan\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Henry Hwang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559364102","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451925565577,"sku":"9781559364102","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6bdb48cc-ce57-4a7e-b828-5f270feb67c7.jpg?v=1716103219","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/chinglish-tcg-edition-9781559364102","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}