A Raisin in the Sun

Author: Lorraine Hansberry

Brand: Vintage

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint,Reissue

Features:

• A Raisin in the Sun Mass Market Paperback

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Number Of Pages: 151

Release Date: 29-11-2004

Part Number: 9780679755333

Details: "Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.

This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.

Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun."

"The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun," said The New York Times. "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic."

EAN: 9780679755333

Package Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English