{"product_id":"2026200008803-secondhand-candle-in-the-wind","title":"Candle In The Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Ex-library book with usual markings. Binding: Intact.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Candle in the Wind is a haunting two-act play that confronts the moral and spiritual costs of scientific progress in the modern age. Set in an unnamed country that unmistakably echoes Soviet Russia, the drama follows physicist Alex, who watches helplessly as his beloved is subjected to a controversial neuroscientific procedure that strips her of her emotional will in the name of human happiness. Solzhenitsyn argues with fierce moral clarity that a society which sacrifices the human soul for the sake of comfort and conformity destroys the very essence of what makes us human. The play's tone is both intimate and philosophically urgent, weaving personal tragedy into a broader indictment of totalitarianism and technocratic hubris. First performed in the West after being suppressed in the Soviet Union, Candle in the Wind stands as one of Solzhenitsyn's most searching meditations on freedom, conscience, and the enduring light of the individual spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956411969755,"sku":"2026200008803-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7f25e285-fce4-4e36-a97c-0845d5992f1c.png?v=1783500710","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008803-secondhand-candle-in-the-wind","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}