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Miller, Arthur

 
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Synopsis

An American of English descent named Newman who begins to wear glasses is mistaken for a Jew and becomes the victim of anti-Semitic persecution. A portrait of contemporary anti-Semitism from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of ""Death of a Salesman"".

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Biographie de l'auteur

American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares the prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew.

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