Death of a Salesman
Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem
By Arthur Miller | Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
About the book
The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dream
A Penguin Classic
Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Christopher W. E. Bigsby.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Editions of Death of a Salesman
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780670261543
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780670261567
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780670261574
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780140285659
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780141180977
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780140155020
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780670261550
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780670000326
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780670018024
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101042151
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dream
A Penguin Classic
Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Christopher W. E. Bigsby.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dream
A Penguin Classic
Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Christopher W. E. Bigsby.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Plays, playscripts, drama
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
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Death of a Salesman is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780670261543) and hardcover(ISBN 9780670261567) and hardcover(ISBN 9780670261574) and hardcover(ISBN 9780140285659) and paperback(ISBN 9780141180977) and paperback(ISBN 9780140155020) and paperback(ISBN 9780670261550) and paperback(ISBN 9780670000326) and paperback(ISBN 9780670018024) and ebook(ISBN 9781101042151)
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