- Drama, African Americans, Conflict of generations, Nineteen fifties
During the 1950's Troy Maxson struggles against racism and tries to preserve his feelings of pride in himself.
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- August Wilson
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 101
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Tandem Library, Plume/Penguin
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780452264014
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First sentence
“It is 1957. TROY and BONO enter the yard, engaged in conversation.”
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