{"product_id":"the-wife-of-willesden","title":"The Wife of Willesden","description":"Zadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Wife of Bath\n\n“Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend.\nShe plays many roles round here. And never\nScared to tell the whole of her truth, whether\nOr not anyone wants to hear it. Wife\nOf Willesden: pissed enough to tell her life\nStory to whoever has ears and eyes . . .”\n\nIn her stage-writing debut, celebrated novelist and essayist Zadie Smith brings to life a comedic and cutting twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic The Wife of Bath. The Wife of Willesden follows Alvita, a Jamaican-born British woman in her mid-50s, as she tells her life story to a band of strangers in a small pub on the Kilburn High Road. Wearing fake gold chains, dressed in knock-off designer clothes, and speaking in a mixture of London slang and patois, Alvita recalls her five marriages in outrageous, bawdy detail, rewrites her mistakes as triumphs, and shares her beliefs on femininity, sexuality, and misogyny with anyone willing to listen.\n\nA thoughtful reimagining of an unforgettable narrative of female sexual power, written with singular verve and wit, The Wife of Willesden shows why Zadie Smith is one of the sharpest and most versatile writers working today.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593653734\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593653734.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Smith, Zadie\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448476475450,"sku":"DBV.0593653734.G","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593653734-0.jpg?v=1780855358","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-wife-of-willesden","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}