A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller is a tragic play that explores the unraveling of a man within a close-knit Italian-American community in 1950s New York. Published by Penguin in 2010, this first edition spans 72 pages and is presented in English. The narrative centers on Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman with a strong sense of decency, who takes in his wife’s cousins from Italy. As his niece Catherine develops feelings for one of the cousins, tensions arise, revealing deeper issues within Eddie that threaten the family’s happiness.
Readers will find a poignant examination of themes such as honor and familial loyalty, as well as the complexities of love and desire. The play delves into Eddie’s internal struggles, highlighting the conflicts that emerge when personal and familial values clash. This edition also features an introduction by the author and a new foreword by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, providing additional context to Miller’s work. A View from the Bridge remains a significant piece of American drama, inviting reflection on the human condition and the intricacies of relationships.
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Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge is a tragic masterpiece of the inexorable unravelling of a man, set in a close-knit Italian-American community in 1950s New York.
Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it’s a privilege to take in his wife’s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy. But, as his niece Catherine begins to fall for one of them, it’s clear that it’s not just, as Eddie claims, that he’s too strange, too sissy, too careless for her, but that something bigger, deeper is wrong – and wrong inside Eddie, in a way he can’t face. Something which threatens the happiness of their whole family.
This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by the author and a new foreword by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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