Joe Turner's Come and Gone: 1911 - Couverture rigide

Wilson, August

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1559362987 ISBN 13 : 9781559362986

Editeur : Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
 
“The glow accompanying August Wilson’s place in contemporary American theater is fixed.” –Toni Morrison
 
When Harold Loomis arrives at a black Pittsburgh boardinghouse after seven years' impressed labor on Joe Turner's chain gang, he is a free man—in body. But the scars of his enslavement and a sense of inescapable alienation oppress his spirit still, and the seemingly hospitable rooming house seethes with tension and distrust in the presence of this tormented stranger. Loomis is looking for the wife he left behind, believing that she can help him reclaim his old identity. But through his encounters with the other residents he begins to realize that what he really seeks is his rightful place in a new world—and it will take more than the skill of the local "People Finder" to discover it.
 
This jazz-influenced drama is a moving narrative of African-American experience in the 20th century.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of Fences and The Piano Lesson
 
“The glow accompanying August Wilson’s place in contemporary American theater is fixed.” – Toni Morrison
 
When Harold Loomis arrives at a black Pittsburgh boardinghouse after seven years' impressed labor on Joe Turner's chain gang, he is a free man—in body. But the scars of his enslavement and a sense of inescapable alienation oppress his spirit still, and the seemingly hospitable rooming house seethes with tension and distrust in the presence of this tormented stranger. Loomis is looking for the wife he left behind, believing that she can help him reclaim his old identity. But through his encounters with the other residents he begins to realize that what he really seeks is his rightful place in a new world—and it will take more than the skill of the local "People Finder" to discover it.
 
This jazz-influenced drama is a moving narrative of African-American experience in the 20th century.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1559362987
• ISBN 13: 9781559362986
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 98