{"product_id":"9780141190273-a-streetcar-named-desire-1","title":"A Streetcar Named Desire","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams's \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eBattle of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955. Among his many other plays Penguin have published \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), \u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), and \u003ci\u003eSmall Craft Warnings\u003c\/i\u003e (1972).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lyrical and poetic and human and heartbreaking and memorable and funny'\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola, director of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the greatest American plays'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40637914841185,"sku":"9780141190273","price":8.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32337149.jpg?v=1737185988","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141190273-a-streetcar-named-desire-1","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}