{"product_id":"spring-awakening-hardcover","title":"Spring Awakening - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Wedekind\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in late-19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. The plays performance was threatened with closure when the city's Commissioner of Licenses claimed that the play was pornographic, due to its portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide, but a New York trial court issued an injunction to allow the production to proceed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpring's Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is killed by abortion pills. The young Moritz, terrorized by the world around him, and especially by his teachers, shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of Moritz's friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pen\/Faulkner. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e, selected for Oprah's Book Club, \u003ci\u003eThe Twenty-Seventh City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStrong Motion\u003c\/i\u003e, and two works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Discomfort Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In 1996, he was named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42116283400327,"sku":"9781515429685","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/961d878ffc36d3d58e43eb73552cc7c5.webp?v=1732515289","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/spring-awakening-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}