A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The play explores the dreams and struggles of a Black family living on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. When the family receives a $10,000 insurance check after the father's death, each member has different ideas about how to use the money. The mother wishes to buy a house to fulfill her late husband's dream of providing a better home for the family, while her son wants to invest in a liquor store to secure their financial future. The daughter seeks to use part of the money for her medical school tuition. Their conflicting aspirations and the pervasive racism of the era put a strain on the family's unity and values, as they strive to find their place in a world that often seems to work against them.
The 1017th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1959
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- Unknown
- Words
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 8th on The 50 Best Plays of All Time (TimeOut)
- 9th on 50 Greatest Plays of The Past 100 Years (1913–2013) (Entertainment Weekly)
- 9th on The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020) (Broadway World)
- 70th on The Drama 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time (Book)
- 84th on From Oedipus to The History Boys: Michael Billington's 101 greatest plays (The Guardian)
- 357th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- The 40 best plays of all time (Independent)
- 25 Books by Black Authors You Should Read This February (Oprah Daily)
- The ZORA Canon: The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women (Zora)