Timebends: A Life - Softcover

Miller, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140249176 ISBN 13: 9780140249170

Publisher: Penguin, 1995

Synopsis

Telling his life story with humor and passion--displaying throughout the largeness of spirit that has made him one of the most admired writers this country has ever produced--Miller recalls his boyhood, his education, the formation of his political outlook, his career successes and failures, and the remarkable variety of people, both obscure and famous, in his life.

About this title

About the Author:

American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.

Synopsis:

The author looks back on his childhood, his memories of the Depression and the Spanish Civil War, his long career as a playwright, and his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140249176
• ISBN 13: 9780140249170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640