A Streetcar Named Desire (Hardcover)

from Schmerguls

While I have read all the fiction which has won the Pulitzer prize, this is only the 5th book I have read of Drama Pulitzer prizewinners. (The other four I've read are Strange Interlude (read 24 Apr 1949), Death of a Salesman (read 28 July 2003), Alison's House (read 9 Apr 2007) and Harvey ((read...

from klburnside

I didn't know much about this play before I started reading it. I had a vague notion of the character of Blanche DuBois and I knew that someone would yell "Stella!" at some point, but that's about it. I wasn't prepared for how dark the play was going to be. It deals with some pretty heavy issues....

from mykl-s

Reading this play helped me experience characters full of strong emotions, and not afraid, or not wise enough to act on them.

from varwenea

"Stell-lahhhhh!" "...I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." The signature gut-wrenching holler of Stanley Kowalski and the delusional, helpless yet not, murmur of Blanche DuBois is entirely unforgettable in this 1947 play, 1951 movie. Blanche DuBois arrives at the home of her siste...

from debnance

Whew! What a ride. What a terrible ride into the lives of three sad, miserable lives. Blanche comes to stay with her sister, Stella, after Blanche's life deteriorates. Stella has married and is expecting a baby, but her life is anything but cozy and warm. Stella's husband, Stanley, beats his wife...