Two Trains Running

Two Trains Running
ISBN-10
0525935657
ISBN-13
9780525935650
Series
Two Trains Running
Category
Drama / African
Pages
110
Language
English
Published
1992
Publisher
Dutton
Author
August Wilson

Description

"It is Pittsburgh, 1969. The regulars of Memphis Lee's restaurant are struggling to cope with the turbulenceof a world that is changing rapidly around them and fighting back when they can. As the play unfolds, Memphis's diner--and the rest of his block--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."--Dust jacket.

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