Cover of Joe Turner's Come and GonePS3573.I45677 G46 2007
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone

by August Wilson

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Drama / Casting: 6m, 5f / Scenery: Interior Sets Set in a black boardinghouse in Pittsburgh in 1911, this drama by the author of The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars and Fences is an installment in the author's series chronicling black life in each decade of this century. Each denizen of the boardinghouse has a different relationship to a past of slavery as well as to the urban present. They include the proprietors, an eccentric clairvoyant with a penchant for old country voodoo, a young homeboy u

First published 1988172 pages
812.54
Category
Literature
Priority
Must-Read
Author works
4
Editions known
11
Classification
Dewey (DDC)
812.54
Library of Congress (LCC)
PS3573.I45677 G46 2007PS3573.I45677 F4 2007PS3573.I45677J58PS3573.I45677R33
Subjects
African American familiesAfrican American neighborhoodsAfrican AmericansAmerican drama (dramatic works by one author)Blues musiciansBoardinghousesBrothers and sistersDramaFathers and sonsHeirloomsLand tenureMusicians
This edition
ISBN 0573691428EnglishFirst-edition ISBN: 0452260094
DATE DUE
First published1988
StatusREAD

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