{"product_id":"two-trains-running-plume-9780452269293","title":"Two Trains Running Plume","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFences \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e comes a “vivid and uplifting” (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) play about unsung men and women who are anything but ordinary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust Wilson established himself as one of our most distinguished playwrights with his insightful, probing, and evocative portraits of Black America and the African American experience in the twentieth century. With the mesmerizing \u003ci\u003eTwo Trains Running\u003c\/i\u003e, he crafted what \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine called “his most mature work to date.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It is Pittsburgh, 1969, and the regulars of Memphis Lee’s restaurant are struggling to cope with the turbulence of a world that is changing rapidly around them and fighting back when they can. The diner is scheduled to be torn down, a casualty of the city’s renovation project that is sweeping away the buildings of a community, but not its spirit. For just as sure as an inexorable future \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Best Play Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vivid and uplifting… pure poetry… remarkable!”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A symphonic composition with a rich lode of humanity running through it.”—\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His language is golden: rich in humor and poetry and redolent of a colorful vernacular.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Has an unassailable authenticity… a lot of life and a lot of humor… By the end, a small world has been utterly transformed.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “These characters are fully imagined—they live… reeling out stories about their past, their angers, their dreams.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Wilson’s most adventurous and honest attempt to reveal the intimate nature of history… glorious storytelling… touching and often funny… a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view.”—Frank Rich, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525346894167,"sku":"9780452269293","price":12.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780452269293.jpg?v=1731860170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/two-trains-running-plume-9780452269293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}