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Two Trains Running

Contributor(s): Wilson, August (Author)

ISBN: 9780452269293

Publisher: Plume Books

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Pub Date: January 1, 1993

Dewey: 812.54

LCCN: 92020547

Lexile Code: 0000

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Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 7.90" L x 5.10" W ( 0.25 lbs) 128 pages

Series: Drama, Plume

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Description: Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson continues to explore the African-American experience. In Two Trains Running, Wilson evokes the changes wrought by the '60s on the regulars of a dingy Pittsburgh diner--survivors struggling to cope with the world and fighting back when they can.

Review Quotes: Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Best Play Award

"Vivid and uplifting... pure poetry... remarkable!"--Time

"A symphonic composition with a rich lode of humanity running through it."--Los Angeles Times

"His language is golden: rich in humor and poetry and redolent of a colorful vernacular."--Wall Street Journal

"Has an unassailable authenticity... a lot of life and a lot of humor... By the end, a small world has been utterly transformed."--Variety

"These characters are fully imagined--they live... reeling out stories about their past, their angers, their dreams."--Washington Post

"Wilson's most adventurous and honest attempt to reveal the intimate nature of history... glorious storytelling... touching and often funny... a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view."--Frank Rich, The New York Times

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