| Plenty Contributor(s): Hare, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0571336132 ISBN-13: 9780571336135 Publisher: Faber & Faber OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.92 |
| Series: Faber Drama |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.25 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First performed in 1978, Plenty is about British post-war disillusion. Susan Traherne, a former secret agent, is a woman conflicted by the contrast between her past, exciting triumphs -- she had worked behind enemy lines as a Special Operations Executive courier in Nazi -- occupied France during World War II -- and the mundane nature of her present life, as the increasingly depressed wife of a diplomat whose career she has destroyed. Viewing society as morally bankrupt, Susan has become self-absorbed, bored, and destructive -- the slow deterioration in her mental health mirrors the crises in the ruling class of post-war Britain. Susan Traherne's story is told in a non-linear chronology, alternating between her wartime and post-wartime lives, illustrating how youthful dreams rarely are realized and how a person's personal life can affect the outside world. |