The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

The Piano Lesson

The Century Cycle #4

August Wilson

144 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction classics play emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black experience in 20th-century America as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Fences. In his second Pulitze...

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Community Reviews Summary of 570 reviews

Moods

emotional 65%
reflective 62%
tense 43%
challenging 28%
dark 21%
funny 18%
inspiring 18%
mysterious 18%
sad 18%
hopeful 15%
lighthearted 6%
informative 3%

Pace

medium 42%
fast 31%
slow 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | A mix: 32% | Plot: 17%

Strong character development?

Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 26%

Loveable characters?

No: 42% | Yes: 38% | It's complicated: 19%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 69% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 11% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 73% | No: 19% | It's complicated: 7%

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