Our Town
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Book Description
Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to bring back realism and to celebrate the innocent, simple and religious. Yet he also tried to endow individual experience with cosmic significance and "Our Town" is both an affectionate portrait of American life and 'an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life'. "The ... More
Book Information
Publisher | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Binding | Paperback (96 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 288 |
ISBN-10 | 0141184582 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0141184586 |
Publication Date | 08/31/2000 |
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10/3/2015 Joshua Mark said:
I've heard many people refer to Our Town as "an old chestnut" which they feel has no business being read or performed anymore. This is another book I read at least once a year to settle the mind and re-align perspective. It's a simple story but it's the story of all of us, it's the story of what it'... more
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