{"product_id":"the-old-man-and-the-heath-a-novel-and-stories","title":"The Old Man and the Heath: A Novel and Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lock, Norman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Old Man and the Heath: A Novel and Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2027-03-23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Norman Lock recasts King Lear as a survivor of Shakespeare's tragic play, condemned to live as an old man forever on the heath, where the bucolic landscape evolves into a post- industrial ruin. Reduced from the pinnacle of power to the depths of homelessness and servitude, Lear observes history's processional across five centuries. In the seventeenth century, he witnesses the stoning of a young woman, whose martyrdom is commemorated by pilgrims who erect a cathedral to house her bones. Later, he must eke out a living as the site becomes a garrison for Cromwell's soldiers; then an abbey during the plague; a shoe factory at the start of the Industrial Revolution; a military hospital during the First and Second World Wars; a late twentieth-century Shakespearean repertory theater; a swank apartment building; and, in the near future, a \"shooting gallery\" from which he rescues a young woman whom he names Cordelia. In the companion stories to Lear's tale, Lock brings six of Shakespeare's minor characters to center stage, where they emerge from their traditional roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, and Hamlet. An homage to Shakespeare's enduring hold on our imagination, The Old Man and the Heath is a triumph of originality and invention\"-- Provided by publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954276666\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e height: 210 mm, length: 140 mm, width: 51 mm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lock, Norman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53794836611379,"sku":"9781954276666","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/22234093482883.jpg?v=1785905860","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/the-old-man-and-the-heath-a-novel-and-stories","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}