{"product_id":"a-streetcar-named-desire-penguin-modern-classics-1","title":"A streetcar named desire (penguin modern classics)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Arthur Miller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFading southern belle Blanche DuBois is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley Kowalski. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTennessee Williams's steamy and shocking landmark drama, recreated as the immortal film starring Marlon Brando, is one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus, Mississippi. When his father, a travelling salesman, moved with his family to St Louis some years later, both he and his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life. He entered college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company. He stayed there for two years, spending the evenings writing. He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBattle of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955. Among his many other plays Penguin have published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1944), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1951), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1955), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1959), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1961), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmall Craft Warnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1972).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, you might like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Lyrical and poetic and human and heartbreaking and memorable and funny'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola, director of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'One of the greatest American plays'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45158205128890,"sku":"2SRVLOXKX-Used","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/1_0c1734fc-726c-4df6-abe9-6ed7e26508f3.jpg?v=1758071042","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/a-streetcar-named-desire-penguin-modern-classics-1","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}