{"product_id":"let-me-tell-you-and-let-me-go-on-9781681379258","title":"Let Me Tell You and Let Me Go on","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo novels from the perspective of Hamlet's Ophelia--the first set before the events of the play, the second after--written entirely by remixing and repurposing the character's dialogue from Shakespeare's original text.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So: now I come to speak.\" With this line, Shakespeare's Ophelia starts telling her story. In \u003ci\u003elet me tell you\u003c\/i\u003e, this newly revealed woman uses exactly the same words Shakespeare gave her in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, shifted as in a kaleidoscope to create a very different voice: her own. We hear her personal narrative from childhood to the moments before the start of the play, when she knows she has a fateful decision to make. Along the way, we discover whole new angles on her father, her brother, the prince, and other characters who come out from behind the curtain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003elet me go on\u003c\/i\u003e, her decision made, she refashions herself. Emerging from her old world, she explores a new one, of magical variety yet coherent. As she goes in search of what she may still become, she meets a new cast of characters, some poignant, some hilarious. Paul Griffiths gives this remarkable protagonist--and us--a play-full of humor, poignancy, passion, adventure, and a great many surprises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Paul Griffiths","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45131020501173,"sku":"9781681379258","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d3f8bd8d-ed8e-4890-8014-a9f3b8688dae.jpg?v=1740460334","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/let-me-tell-you-and-let-me-go-on-9781681379258","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}