{"product_id":"hotel-room-trilogy","title":"Hotel Room Trilogy","description":"From the award-winning author and screenplay writer, a trio of one-act plays depicting the spooky, strange, and tragic passage of guests through the same New York City hotel room (number 603).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The dialogue has the evocative spareness of Pinter, and [the] control of mood [is] menacing, mesmerizing.” —TIME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tangible mystery of these stories is grounded in the peculiar relationships that unfold slowly, producing an unrelenting uncanny atmosphere. In each play, a family member has recently died and the survivors are left to deal with the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - In \"Tricks\" Gifford approaches the psychological territory of Kafka. We meet two men looking for something more than just sex from a prostitute. Are the men two halves of a severed personality?  - In \"Blackout\" Danny and Diane, an Oklahoma couple of the 1930s, cannot move beyond the grief of a personal tragedy. Refusing to accept the death of her son, Diane seeks refuge in low-level deliriums. - In \"Mrs. Kashfi\" a young boy experiences a spooky visitation while his mother voyages into the sea of clairvoyance with a fortune teller.\u003cbr\u003eWritten for David Lynch's 1993 drama Hotel Room for HBO, two of these stories, \"Tricks\" and \"Blackout\" were nominated for the Cable Ace Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gifford’s night people are a strange mix of utter weirdness and bedrock humanity, rampant eccentricity, and absolute individuality. Some things in life are beyond analysis, and Barry Gifford is one of them.\" —Booklist","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57597157376326,"sku":"9781644213940","price":14.74,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/b7853fc4ca629ec2c572c942ae522f7ddbf3d9d731c683eb94085e73cbc235c9.jpg?v=1791989626","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/products\/hotel-room-trilogy","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}