{"product_id":"raisin-in-the-sun","title":"Raisin in the Sun","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRaisin in the Sun\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLorraine Hansberry\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780679755333\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint,Reissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e151\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage,\" observed James Baldwin shortly before \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e opened on Broadway in 1959.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America--and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem \"Harlem,\" which warns that a dream deferred might \"dry up\/like a raisin in the sun.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The events of every passing year add resonance to \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e,\" said \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \"It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | Mass market paperback | 9780679755333 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1761185","offer_id":49229607731352,"sku":"1761185","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | Mass market paperback | 9780679755333 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1761186","offer_id":49229609238680,"sku":"1761186","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | Mass market paperback | 9780679755333 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1761187","offer_id":49229609271448,"sku":"1761187","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | Mass market paperback | 9780679755333 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1761188","offer_id":49229609304216,"sku":"1761188","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71Yq7brdaBL.jpg?v=1781219966","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/raisin-in-the-sun","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}