{"product_id":"two-trains-running-9780452269293","title":"Two Trains Running","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFences \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Best Play Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivid and uplifting... pure poetry... remarkable \"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A symphonic composition with a rich lode of humanity running through it.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There are always and only two trains running.\u003cbr\u003e There is life and there is death.\u003cbr\u003e Each of us rides them both.\u003cbr\u003e To live life with dignity, \u003cbr\u003e to celebrate and accept responsibility\u003cbr\u003e for your presence in the world\u003cbr\u003e is all that can be asked of anyone.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e August Wilson established himself as one of our most distinguished playwrights with his insightful, probing, and evocative portraits of Black America and the African American experience in the twentieth century. With the mesmerizing \u003ci\u003eTwo Trains Running\u003c\/i\u003e, he crafted what \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine called \"his most mature work to date.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is Pittsburgh, 1969, and the regulars of Memphis Lee's restaurant are struggling to cope with the turbulence of a world that is changing rapidly around them and fighting back when they can. The diner is scheduled to be torn down, a casualty of the city's renovation project that is sweeping away the buildings of a community, but not its spirit. For just as sure as an inexorable future looms right around the corner, these people of \"loud voices and big hearts\" continue to search, to father, to persevere, to hope. With compassion, humor, and a superb sense of place and time, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of everyday lives in the shadow of great events, and of unsung men and women who are anything but ordinary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452269293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/1993 pg. 1027\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"August Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637476389020,"sku":"9780452269293","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_675a449c-e42f-4782-81d6-da789e296fa2.jpg?v=1603844865","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/two-trains-running-9780452269293","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}