{"product_id":"instructions-for-breathing-and-other-plays","title":"Instructions for Breathing and Other Plays","description":"By turns astonishing, fierce, and tender, these seven plays by  Latina-American dramatist Caridad Svich highlight more than two decades  of boundary-breaking and genre-defying dramatic work. Populated by  characters struggling to survive, these plays are joined by thematic  threads of loss, remembrance, resurrection, grave wit, and heroic  survival.\u003cbr\u003eThe centerpiece of this collection, \u003ci\u003eInstructions for Breathing\u003c\/i\u003e,  is a lyrical, dreamlike meditation on responsibility and parenthood  that asks an audience not only to suffer the unthinkable loss of a child  as Svich’s characters do, but also to laugh at the couple’s flaws and  at the hilarity of the suburban life they lead. This commingling of  emotion happens in each of these dramatic portraits of  homeless  castaways (\u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e), women in war (\u003ci\u003eThrush\u003c\/i\u003e), and sex traffickers (\u003ci\u003eRift\u003c\/i\u003e). And Svich’s work is not without a nod to the classical: \u003ci\u003eWreckage \u003c\/i\u003ereframes the story of Medea and \u003ci\u003eSteal Back Light from the Virtual\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a labyrinthine society torn apart by a monstrous beast. In sum, \u003ci\u003e\"Instructions for Breathing\" and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e  serves as an illuminating introduction to the work of a major  playwright and an inspiring example of the breadth of possibilities in  North American drama.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Caridad Svich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42849121206333,"sku":"9780857421111","price":37.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780857421111_a5b9ee00-f5ed-49d7-b6f5-9c590b554955.jpg?v=1766994489","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/instructions-for-breathing-and-other-plays","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}