{"product_id":"a-raisin-in-the-sun","title":"A Raisin in the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Never before, 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opened on Broadway in 1959.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndeed Lorraine 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.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The events of every passing year add resonance to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" said \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.  \"It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic.\"  This Modern Library edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Cleary's Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48853426635032,"sku":"9780679601722","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780679601722_dc408.jpg?v=1721510311","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/a-raisin-in-the-sun","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}