Short Eyes: A Dramabook (Mermaid Dramabook)
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- Synopsis
- Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle AwardThis powerful drama of prison life is set in a house of detention where a group of young convicts-predominantly black and Puerto Rican-taunt, fight, insult, and entertain one another in an attempt to preserve their sanity and to create a semblance of community. When a young white prisoner accused of child molesting is thrown into the cell block by a guard who says he belongs in Sing Sing because "the men up there know what to do with degenerates like you," the stage is set for an explosive series of events; for, among prisoners, this child molester called "short eyes" is the lowest of criminals.
- Copyright:
- 1975
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 144 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781429952217
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780809086597
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 09/03/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Miguel Piñero Introduction copyright
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Marvin Felix Camillo