About the Book: A Streetcar Named Desire
"i dont want realism. i want magic!"
Blanche DuBois-the insecure, promiscuous, archetypal Southern belle-has lost
her ancestral estate. But she hasnt lost her pretence. Penniless, she comes to
stay with her sister and barbaric brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski.
Contemptuous of their two-room apartment in the working-class neighbourhood of
New Orleans, Blanche is met with hostility from Stanley, who attempts everything
to unveil her deceptions.
What happens as the conflict between them increases?
Will Blanches fantasies and illusions win over her reality?
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tennessee Williams A