Death of a Salesman

Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

Author  Arthur Miller Introduction by  Christopher Bigsby
Death of a Salesman

The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dream

A Penguin Classic
 
Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his…