"Come to A Raisin in the Sun as you would to any classic. It speaks to us today as it did almost half a century ago." Bonnie Greer In south side Chicago, Walter Lee, a Black chauffeur, dreams of a better life, and hopes to use his father's life insurance money to open a liquor store. His mother, who rejects the liquor business, uses some of the money to secure a proper house for the family. Mr Lindner, a representative of the all-white neighbourhood, tries to buy them out. Walter sinks the rest of the money into his ...
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"Come to A Raisin in the Sun as you would to any classic. It speaks to us today as it did almost half a century ago." Bonnie Greer In south side Chicago, Walter Lee, a Black chauffeur, dreams of a better life, and hopes to use his father's life insurance money to open a liquor store. His mother, who rejects the liquor business, uses some of the money to secure a proper house for the family. Mr Lindner, a representative of the all-white neighbourhood, tries to buy them out. Walter sinks the rest of the money into his business scheme, only to have it stolen by one of his partners. In despair Walter contacts Lindner, and almost begs to buy them out, but with the help of his wife, Walter finally finds a way to assert his dignity. A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway and won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Hansberry was the youngest and the first Black writer to receive this award. Deeply committed to the Black struggle for equality and human rights, Lorraine Hansberry's brilliant career as a writer was cut short by her death when she was only 34. This new, updated edition in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series includes the full, definitive text and a brand new introduction by Soyica Diggs Colbert.
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Illustrated by B&W Photo section mid book(8pg) Very Good. 4x7" VERY GOOD Condition, paper tanning a bit. VERY TIGHT SOLID BINDING, DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EVER BEEN FULLY OPENED, IT MAY BE A CHALLANGE TO PROPERLY "BREAK" THE BOOK TO READ IT...BUT AT MOMENT IT IS VERY NEW FEELING.; PAPERBACK; CIRCLE soulful hug cover photo; 130pg pages; RED on TAN spine strip with similar covers. nice copy. clean, NO UNDERLINING, ETC.., solid. this is the isbn on spine strip...but date of book is pre isbn 0451070208.