{"product_id":"hotel-room-trilogy-von-barry-gifford","title":"Hotel Room Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author and screenplay writer, a trio of one-act plays depicting the spooky, strange, and tragic passage of guests through the same New York City hotel room (number 603).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The dialogue has the evocative spareness of Pinter, and [the] control of mood [is] menacing, mesmerizing.” —\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tangible mystery of these stories is grounded in the peculiar relationships that unfold slowly, producing an unrelenting uncanny atmosphere. In each play, a family member has recently died and the survivors are left to deal with the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"Tricks\" Gifford approaches the psychological territory of Kafka. We meet two men looking for something more than just sex from a prostitute. Are the men two halves of a severed personality?  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"Blackout\" Danny and Diane, an Oklahoma couple of the 1930s, cannot move beyond the grief of a personal tragedy. Refusing to accept the death of her son, Diane seeks refuge in low-level deliriums. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"Mrs. Kashfi\" a young boy experiences a spooky visitation while his mother voyages into the sea of clairvoyance with a fortune teller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten for David Lynch's 1993 drama \u003ci\u003eHotel Room\u003c\/i\u003e for HBO, two of these stories, \"Tricks\" and \"Blackout\" were nominated for the Cable Ace Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gifford’s night people are a strange mix of utter weirdness and bedrock humanity, rampant eccentricity, and absolute individuality. Some things in life are beyond analysis, and Barry Gifford is one of them. \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781644213940\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThree One-Act Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781644213940","offer_id":57657423954245,"sku":"9781644213940","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/928cd0fa-aa8a-4ccc-a8c8-94b9a4eb3df8.jpg?v=1780634424","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/hotel-room-trilogy-von-barry-gifford","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}