{"product_id":"the-wife-of-willesden","title":"The Wife of Willesden","description":"\u003cb\u003eZadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMarried five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. She plays many roles round here. And never Scared to tell the whole of her truth, whether Or not anyone wants to hear it. Wife Of Willesden: pissed enough to tell her life Story to whoever has ears and eyes . . .”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Willesden\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thoughtful reimagining of an unforgettable narrative of female sexual power, written with singular verve and wit, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Willesden\u003c\/i\u003e shows why Zadie Smith is one of the sharpest and most versatile writers working today.","brand":"Hamish Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42985339617360,"sku":"9780735246973B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-wife-of-willesden","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}