Death of a Salesman
Book description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman's deferred American dream
Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile…
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1 author picked Death of a Salesman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This play has so many layers: men’s relationship to work, marriage, fatherhood, unrealized ambitions, and the costs of buying your own bullshit. See it with Dustin Hoffman or Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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