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 : A Raisin in the Sun

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.54
EAN: 9780679755333
ISBN: 0679755330
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: November 29, 2004
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: November 29, 2004
Studio: Vintage
Sales Rank: 1634




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When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."--The New York Times.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Play for our Times
Lorraine Hansberry's dramatic play, A Raisin in the Sun, is about the life of an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the years following the Second World War. Lena Younger (Mama) is the head of the family that includes her married son Walter Lee, his wife, Ruth, their young son, Travis and Walter's younger sister, Beneatha, who is a college student. The family is struggling to support itself. Walter Lee works as a chauffer, and Ruth and even Mama work to bring in enough ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Book!!
I loved this book! I saw the movie, but the book goes into much more detail. It's amazing how you don't recognize the littlest things but they make such a big difference.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Raw, Realistic Drama
Lorraine Hansberry's famous play offers raw and realistic drama. The story examines conflicts and dreams within an African American family from Chicago's South Side in the 1950's, plus the effects of racism. The family includes Walter and Ruth Younger, his widowed mother Lena, son Travis, and sister Beneatha. Walter is a hard-working chauffeur who dreams of buying a liqour store before he loses his money to a con artist. Beneatha is an ambitious college student newly attracted to the back-to-Africa ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Better than I was Expecting
I had to read this book for my senior AP english class and I was quite stunned when I realized that I actually liked it. I like to read, but not usually the books the teachers assign, and the other two books she had assigned turned out to not be all that good. I liked a Raisin in the Sun because it had just the right mix of drama, and humor. Lorraine Hansberry really knows when the drama has become too much and she adds in a little bit of humor like any great author would. I really liked the characters, ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good book - better play
It is a nice book. The characters personalities made the book good. If the characters were changed the book wouldn't be as good. The story shows the life of a black family in Chicago and their struggles through the years they lived there.



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