{"product_id":"proof-a-play-9780571199976","title":"Proof: A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProof \u003c\/i\u003eis the winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most acclaimed plays of the 1999-2000 season, \u003ci\u003eProof \u003c\/i\u003eis a work that explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician in his youth who was later unable to function without her help. His death has brought into her midst both her sister, Claire, who wants to take Catherine back to New York with her, and Hal, a former student of Catherine's father who hopes to find some hint of Robert's genius among his incoherent scribblings. The passion that Hal feels for math both moves and angers Catherine, who, in her exhaustion, is torn between missing her father and resenting the great sacrifices she made for him. For Catherine has inherited at least a part of her father's brilliance -- and perhaps some of his instability as well. As she and Hal become attracted to each other, they push at the edges of each other's knowledge, considering not only the unpredictability of genius but also the human instinct toward love and trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571199976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.45w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2001 pg. 1108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2001 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2001 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2008 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Auburn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638822269084,"sku":"9780571199976","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7cfd98c9-46ab-4a97-9f5d-3ad7cf9a05a4.jpg?v=1603848275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/proof-a-play-9780571199976","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}