Three Pieces

by Ntozake Shange

Book Overview

In these three plays, the author brilliantly recasts traditional traditional forms to capture the essence of the lives of black people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312078722
• ISBN13: 9780312078720
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Three Pieces

With for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange emerged a a formidable voice in the American theater. In these three plys, she brilliantly recasts traditional forms to capture the essenses of the lives of black people: Spell #7 is a black magic and variety show; A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, a sensual melodrama of intersecting lives and loves; and Boogie Woogie Landscapes, a stream of consciousness verse play. --- from book's back cover