{"product_id":"candide-9781472532947","title":"Candide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the world's an Xbox and you're a player\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCandide is an optimist. A dreamer. He believes that everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. But that belief is about to be tested as Candide's comfortable life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortune. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1759, the story traces the journey of a young man who leads a sheltered life, believing that mankind lives in the best of all possible worlds and that everything happens for the best. But Candide's happiness comes to a sharp end when he is unfairly evicted from his uncle's castle for kissing his cousin and true love, Lady Cunégonde. Cast out into the big wide world, Candide is forced to confront reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs his world collapses around him, we are transported across the centuries to new locations and parallel universes. How will Candide's optimism fare when it collides with life in the twenty-first century?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Voltaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.11w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472532947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Ravenhill \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the most distinctive contemporary UK playwrights. He burst on to the theatre scene in 1996 with the huge hit \u003ci\u003eShopping and Fucking\u003c\/i\u003e. He has continued to garner critical acclaim for plays that include \u003ci\u003eSome Explicit Polaroids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Clap's Molly House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShoot\/Get Treasure\/Repeat\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, Royal Court, Paines Plough, The Gate Theatre, April 2008), \u003ci\u003eA Life in Three Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTen Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the RSC. His adaptation of Brecht's \u003ci\u003eA Life of Galileo \u003c\/i\u003ewas recently produced in the Swan Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":66875165343859,"sku":"9781472532947","price":25.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a453ff65-d3b7-4c59-8a38-21bb1b34cf67.jpg?v=1792080705","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/candide-9781472532947","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}