{"product_id":"death-of-a-salesman-certain-private-conversations-in-two-acts-and-a-requiem-paperback","title":"Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bigsby\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman's deferred American dream \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. Willy Loman, the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Christopher W. E. Bigsby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilly Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age sixty-three, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Miller (1915-2005)\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include \u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003e A View from the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e A Memory of Two Mondays \u003c\/i\u003e(1955), \u003ci\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eIncident at Vichy\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eThe Price\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of the World and Other Business\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eThe American Clock\u003c\/i\u003e (1980). He also wrote two novels, \u003ci\u003e Focus\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), and \u003ci\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e, which was filmed in 1960, and the text for \u003ci\u003eIn Russia\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eChinese Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), and \u003ci\u003eIn the Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. His later work included a memoir, \u003ci\u003eTimebends\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); the plays \u003ci\u003eThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Yankee\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003eMr. Peter's Connections\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); \u003ci\u003eEchoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays, 1944-2000\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOn Politics and the Art of Acting \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Miller was the recipient of the National Book Foundation's 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Bigsby\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. 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