Book Blurb
Here is the Pulitzer prize-winning drama of the troubles that beset a wealthy Southern family—and how their lives are stripped of pretense in a shattering moment of revelation.
When his best friend dies, the family’s son, Brick, is racked with guilt, a torture that only drink can numb. Brick’s wife, Maggie, craves her husband’s few attentions as much as she hates his alcoholism. Full of the vigor of life, Brick’s father, Big Daddy, lives every day as though it were his last—not realizing that this days truly are numbered. It is only when the family gathers for a celebration of Big Daddy’s sixty-fifth birthday that the simmering conflicts come to a head in a series of explosive climaxes—each of which forces them to face the half lies that until now have shielded them from reality.
Editorial Reviews
“Mr. William’s finest drama. It faces and speaks the truth.” —The New York Times
“Stunning….William’s most memorable.” —Time
About the Author
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo.
