{"product_id":"the-noose-a-play","title":"The Noose - A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor:  Frankétienne\u003cbr\u003eTranslator: Asselin Charles\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVanderbilt University Press (2026)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Noose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (also known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePèlin-Tèt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) focuses on the lives of two Haitian immigrants living in a grubby basement apartment in New York City in 1978. Polydor, is a middle-class intellectual and political refugee, and Pyram is a lower-class laborer. The dramatic thrust of the play surges from their apparently irreconcilable ideological and social differences. The countrymen conduct a circular dialogue that is absurd, humorous, poignant, and pregnant with mistrust, misunderstanding, and despair. Ultimately, Polydor and Pyram emerge with a \u003cem\u003eprise de conscience \u003c\/em\u003eof their common fate and a recognition of their solidarity as Haitians, as Black men, as immigrants, and as workers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis English translation will give a new generation access to this text and is accompanied by an introduction by translator Asselin Charles and an afterword by Jean Jonassaint. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203089625187,"sku":"9780826500045","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/71j2Gk48cmL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779483925","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/the-noose-a-play","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}