{"product_id":"the-piano-lesson-paperback","title":"The Piano Lesson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAugust Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe revival of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, and John David Washington is now on Broadway! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, this modern American classic is about family, and the legacy of slavery in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAugust Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black experience in 20th-century America as\u003ci\u003e Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eFences\u003c\/i\u003e. In his second Pulitzer Prize-winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Lesson, \u003c\/i\u003e Wilson has fashioned perhaps his most haunting and dramatic work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of the play stands the ornately carved upright piano which, as the Charles family's prized, hard-won possession, has been gathering dust in the parlor of Berniece Charles's Pittsburgh home. When Boy Willie, Berniece's exuberant brother, bursts into her life with his dream of buying the same Mississippi land that his family had worked as slaves, he plans to sell their antique piano for the hard cash he needs to stake his future. But Berniece refuses to sell, clinging to the piano as a reminder of the history that is their family legacy. This dilemma is the real \"piano lesson,\" reminding us that blacks are often deprived both of the symbols of their past and of opportunity in the present.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugust Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e was a major American playwright whose work has been consistently acclaimed as among the finest of the American theater. Most recently, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFences\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas adapted into a major motion picture directed by and starring Denzel Washington. The play won numerous awards for best play of the year in 1987 including the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Among other awards, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMa Rainey's Black Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best new play of 1984-85 and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Turner's Come and Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e was voted best play of 1987-1988 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. In 1990, Wilson was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Piano Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. August Wilson died in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (1990)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Piano Lesson\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755991793952,"sku":"9780452265349","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/152647ee104001236903acef8e5f5bd7.webp?v=1780072241","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-piano-lesson-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}