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Fences

byAugust Wilson

Genres: Historical fiction Drama Family Saga Drama

Who is this book for? Readers interested in powerful dramas that explore race relations and family dynamics.

Topics RaceFamilyConflict

MoodMelancholic, Reflective

RomanceMinor Subplot

From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. Troy Maxson is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s, a spirit that is changing the world Troy Maxson has learned to deal with the only way he can, a spirit that is making him a stranger, angry and afraid, in a world he never knew and to a wife and son he understands less and less. This is a modern classic, a book that deals with the impossibly difficult themes of race in America, set during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. Now an Academy Award-winning film directed by and starring Denzel Washington, along with Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Viola Davis.

Language

Published on

01/06/1986

Pages

101

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780452264014

Price Comparison

10.99 £

15.49 €

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