By (author) Arthur Miller; By (author) Miller, Arthur; Introduction by Bigsby, Christopher
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In Joe and Kate Keller''s family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family''s past they can''t put behind them.
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In Joe and Kate Keller''s family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family''s past they can''t put behind them. Not everybody''s forgotten the court case that put Joe''s partner in jail, or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky ...
Biographical note
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.
Short description/annotation
In Joe and Kate Keller''s family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family''s past they can''t put behind them.
Description
In Joe and Kate Keller''s family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family''s past they can''t put behind them. Not everybody''s forgotten the court case that put Joe''s partner in jail, or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky ...
Biographical note
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.
| Author | By (author) Arthur Miller |
|---|---|
| Date Of Publication | Dec 3, 2009 |
| EAN | 9780141189970 |
| Contributors | Arthur Miller; Miller, Arthur; Bigsby, Christopher |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Languages | English |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Width | 129 mm |
| Height | 198 mm |
| Thickness | 7 mm |
| Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
| Weight | 0.100000 |
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