The world of extreme happiness:
"When Sunny is born in rural China, her parents leave her in a slop bucket to die because she's not a boy. She survives and, at age fourteen, leaves for the city where she finds work in a factory and attends self-help classes in pursuit of a coveted office position. But when Sunny's a...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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London ; New Delhi ; New York ; Sydney
Bloomsbury
2014
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Modern plays
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| Zusammenfassung: | "When Sunny is born in rural China, her parents leave her in a slop bucket to die because she's not a boy. She survives and, at age fourteen, leaves for the city where she finds work in a factory and attends self-help classes in pursuit of a coveted office position. But when Sunny's attempts at self-improvement lead to calamitous consequences for a fellow worker, she questions the system she's spent her life trying to master. Savage, tragic and desperately funny, The World of Extreme Happiness is a provocative examination of individuals struggling to shape their destinies amid China's dizzying economic transformation."--Page 4 of cover |
| Beschreibung: | 99 Seiten 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781474227704 |
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her life trying to master. Savage, tragic}and
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Happiness is a provocative examinatioftijpf
individuals struggling to shape their destinies
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Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s play received a
developmental production at the National
Theatre, London, opening on 25 September,
2013 and its world premiere in a co-production
between Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and
New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club, opening
on 13 September 2014, in Chicago. |
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