{"product_id":"a-raisin-in-the-sun-1","title":"A Raisin in the Sun","description":"\"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage,\" observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.\n\nThis edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.\n\nLorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem \"Harlem,\" which warns that a dream deferred might \"dry up\/like a raisin in the sun.\"\n\n\"The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun,\" said The New York Times. \"It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679755330\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UE340008D3_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lorraine Hansberry|Robert Nemiroff\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Mass market paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Mass market paperback in ACCEPTABLE condition. Book is perfectly usable, but has heavy wear or cosmetic issues which may include a cocked spine, creased spine, heavy wear, yellowed pages, price stickers, etc. Cover art may be different from that shown in photo.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43877739528253,"sku":"31UE340008D3_ns","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0679755330-0.jpg?v=1792791595","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-raisin-in-the-sun-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}