{"product_id":"the-cyclist-and-his-fifth-woman","title":"The Cyclist and His Fifth Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese two plays by the legendary Vijay Tendulkar, are a critique of Indian society and the reality surrounding the playwright. His Fifth Woman brings to play the injustices and inequalities suffered by women in the husband-wife relationship.Intended to be his last play, The Cyclist is different from Tendulkar's large body of  work. It is a skillfully crafted uninterrupted single piece about adventure of life told through a cyclist's journey. As an experimental\n\u003cbr\u003eplaywright, Tendulkar's every play, in its form and structure, is different from the previous one. This complex theme he takes head on, and tackles with a simple form and language - an episodic structure\n\u003cbr\u003eand naturalistic mot naif  dialogue. Life's complexity can perhaps be best understood when told in simple terms. In this, Tendulkar joins other great journey writers: Homer (The Odyssey), Voltaire (Candide), Ibsen (Peer Gynt), and Becket (Waiting for Godot). Tendulkar has described his plays to be about reality surrounding him:   I write to let my concerns vis a vis my reality - the human conditions as I perceive it .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46061099483374,"sku":"9780195676402","price":12.18,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780195676402.jpg?v=1736527353","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-cyclist-and-his-fifth-woman","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}