F.O.B. and Other Plays

by David Henry Hwang

Book Overview

Paperback. 1990. 302 p. 8.00 x 5.40 x 0.80. By the Tony award-winning author of M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang with a foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston. SIX PLAYS CHINES - AMERICAN LITERATURE. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452263239
• ISBN13: 9780452263239
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A very good collection of Hwang's early work

David Henry Hwang is best-known for his play, "M Butterfly," and this is a shame. Although "Butterfly" is indeed a wonderful play, Hwang is one of the more versatile playwrights today, and this book shows the breadth of it. Most of his plays (FOB, Dance and the Railroad) deal with Chinese Americans, but he often wanders into other veins. "1000 Airplanes on the Roof," a science-fiction piece about alien abduction, is a terrific example. Try to get ahold of a copy of this book if you can; it is well worth it.