{"product_id":"father-comes-home-from-the-wars-parts-1-2-3-9781559365000","title":"Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 \u0026 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The finest work yet from this gifted writer.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of the Confederacy, Hero, a slave, must choose whether to leave the woman and people he loves for what may be another empty promise. As his decision brings him face to face with a nation at war with itself, the ones Hero left behind debate whether to escape or wait for his return, only to discover that for Hero, freedom may have come at a great spiritual cost. A devastatingly beautiful dramatic work, \u003ci\u003eFather Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, \u0026amp; 3) \u003c\/i\u003eis the opening trilogy of a projected nine-play cycle that will ultimately take us into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks \u003c\/b\u003ebecame the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog \u003c\/i\u003ein 2002. Her other plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVenus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFucking A\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe America Play\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2007 her \u003ci\u003e365 Days\/365 Plays \u003c\/i\u003ewas produced at more than seven hundred theaters worldwide. Parks is a MacArthur Fellow and the Master Writer Chair at the Public Theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559365000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suzan-Lori Parks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659786875036,"sku":"9781559365000","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_680197ee-4dd4-4387-9f41-c8f9e828a59c.jpg?v=1603895470","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/father-comes-home-from-the-wars-parts-1-2-3-9781559365000","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}