{"product_id":"the-iceman-cometh-eugene-oneill-paperback","title":"The Iceman Cometh -- Eugene O'Neill, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEugene O'Neill's darkest and most nihilistic play, with a foreword by Harold Bloom \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"We live and die, in the spirit, in solitude, and the true strength of \u003ci\u003eIceman \u003c\/i\u003eis its intense dramatic exemplification of that somber reality. . . . Life, in \u003ci\u003eIceman\u003c\/i\u003e, is what it is in Schopenhauer: illusion.\"--Harold Bloom, from the Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Iceman Cometh\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams. Eugene O'Neill--the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature--completed \u003ci\u003eIceman \u003c\/i\u003ein 1939, but he delayed production until after the war, when it enjoyed a long run of performances in 1946 after receiving mixed reviews. Three years after O'Neill's death, Jason Robards starred in a Broadway revival that brought new critical attention to O'Neill's darkest and most nihilistic play. Since then, \u003ci\u003eThe Iceman Cometh\u003c\/i\u003e has gained enormously in stature; many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eugene O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\/1\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.84\" H x 5.02\" L x 0.65\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780300117431\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737716556075,"sku":"9780300117431","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780300117431.jpg?v=1774820852","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-iceman-cometh-eugene-oneill-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}