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The man who had all the luck : a fable / Arthur Miller ; introduction by Christopher Bigsby.
LIBRA Special PS3525.I5156 M36 2004
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LIBRA PS3525.I5156 M36 2004 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alienation (Social psychology)--Drama.
- Alienation (Social psychology).
- Success in business.
- Failure (Psychology).
- Failure (Psychology)--Drama.
- Success in business--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Domestic drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 83 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- It took more than fifty years for "The Man Who Had All the Luck" to be appreciated for what it truly is: the first stirrings of a genius that would go on to blossom in such masterpieces as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible." Infused with the moral malaise of the Depression era, the drama centers on David Beeves, a man whose every obstacle to personal and professional success seems to crumble before him. But his good fortune merely serves to reveal the tragedies of those around him in greater relief, offering evidence of a capricious god or, worse, a godless, arbitrary universe. David's journey toward fulfillment becomes a nightmare of existential doubts, a desperate grasp for reason in a cosmos seemingly devoid of any, and a struggle that will take him to the brink of madness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0142437867
- 9780142437865
- OCLC:
- 53839918
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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