(Pisica pe acoperișul fierbinte) „cea mai pasionată şi mai bine formulată expunere a izolării umane.” - The New York Times Fostul mare sportiv Brick se ține departe de soția lui și de restul familiei sale, înecându-și amarul în alcool. Laura, fata unei mame autoritare care încearcă să-și compenseze eșecurile proiectându-și asupra fiicei toate speranțele, se izolează în compania unor obiecte la fel de fragile ca ea. Camino Real pare să fie capătul lumii, locul unde fiecare personaj vorbește altă limbă. Cele trei piese reunite în acest volum reflectă, fiecare dintre ele, fețe diferite ale alienării, și îmbogățesc repertoriul clasic al marilor scene de pretutindeni.
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Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee," the state of his father's birth. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, after years of obscurity, at age 33 he became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, he attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century, alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Much of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. From Wikipedia
