
Short Eyes
A Play
Miguel Pinero(Author)
Hill & Wang (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1975
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-374-52147-9 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award
This powerful drama of prison life is set in a house of detention where a group of young convicts-predominantly black and Puerto Rican-taunt, fight, insult, and entertain one another in an attempt to preserve their sanity and to create a semblance of community. When a young white prisoner accused of child molesting is thrown into the cell block by a guard who says he belongs in Sing Sing because "the men up there konw what to do with degenerates like you," the stage is set for an explosive series of events; for, among prisoners, this child molester called "short eyes" is the lowest of criminals.
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Series
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
163 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-374-52147-9 (9780374521479)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Miguel Piñero; Introduction by Marvin Felix Camillo