{"product_id":"the-mother","title":"The Mother | Bertolt Brecht","description":"\u003cp\u003eBertolt Brecht's play The Mother is freely adapted from Gorky's world-famous novel of the same name. Brecht tells the story of a working-class mother who is drawn into the struggle for a Bolshevik revolution; in the character of Pelagea Vlassova, the mother of the title, Brecht draws a richly human figure who emerges as the single entirely positive major hero in all of Brecht's dramatic works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition has an extensive introduction by the translator, Lee Baxandall, which gives a detailed history of the play and its first production. In addition, there are twenty-five pages of notes by Brecht himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674719916347,"sku":"0802131603","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/15957403482473.jpg?v=1761268840","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-mother","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}