Reviews for Death of a Salesman (Penguin Classics Series)

The average rating for Death of a Salesman (Penguin Classics Series) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-10-01 00:00:00 Lisa Simpson Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. As a flute melody plays, Willy Loman returns to his home in Brooklyn one night, exhausted from a failed sales trip. His wife, Linda, tries to persuade him to ask his boss, Howard Wagner, to let him work in New York so that he won't have to travel. Willy says that he will talk to Howard the next day. Willy complains that Biff, his older son who has come back home to visit, has yet to make something of himself. Linda scolds Willy for being so critical, and Willy goes to the kitchen for a snack. As Willy talks to himself in the kitchen, Biff and his younger brother, Happy, who is also visiting, reminisce about their adolescence and discuss their father's babbling, which often includes criticism of Biff's failure to live up to Willy's expectations. As Biff and Happy, dissatisfied with their lives, fantasize about buying a ranch out West, Willy becomes immersed in a daydream. He praises his sons, now younger, who are washing his car. The young Biff, a high school football star, and the young Happy appear. They interact affectionately with their father, who has just returned from a business trip. Willy confides in Biff and Happy that he is going to open his own business one day, bigger than that owned by his neighbor, Charley. Charley's son, Bernard, enters looking for Biff, who must study for math class in order to avoid failing. Willy points out to his sons that although Bernard is smart, he is not "well liked," which will hurt him in the long run. ... تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز پانزدهم ماه می سال 1976میلادی عنوان: مرگ فروشنده - نمایشنامه در دو پرده؛ اثر آرتور میلر؛ برگردان عطاء‌الله نوریان؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، انتشارات پویا، 1351، در 213ص، چاپ دیگر تهران، رز، چاپ دوم 1355؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، نشر قطره، 1382، در 180ص؛ چاپ چهارم نشر قطره، 1386؛ شابک 9789643412471؛ چاپ پنجم 1387؛ ششم 1389؛ هشتم 1391؛ چاپ یازدهم 1392؛ موضوع نمایشنامه های نویسندگان امریکایی - سده 20م داستان: «ویلی» شصت و سه ساله، از یک سفر کاری ناموفق، به خانه‌ اش در «نیویورک» باز گشته، و با همسرش «لیندا» گفتگو میکند، به نظر می‌رسد، که حافظه ی «ویلی» مشکل دارد، گاهی خود را در بگذشته و در خاطراتش خیال می‌کند، و بدتر از همه اینکه با خویش صحبت می‌کند؛ «ویلی» از اینکه پسر بزرگش «بیف» در کارش موفق نیست ناراضی است.؛ و ...؛ این داستان فاجعهٔ زندگی مردی است که به گفتهٔ نویسنده «بر نیروهای زندگی، نظارت و اختیاری ندارد»؛ تأملی است بر زندگی انسان‌هایی که تنها هنگامی مطرح هستند که سودی می‌رسانند، و سپس در خلأ رها می‌شوند.؛ خانه ی او شبیه به زندانی است که او در آن با تکیه بر یادمانهایش موشش می‌کند ثابت کند که هنوز زنده است، و وجود دارد.؛ اما یادمانها، تنها او را بیشتر و بیشتر در بگذشته فرو برده، و باعث می‌شوند، تا در رؤیا فرورود، و بیهوده به دیگران دل ببندد؛ شخصیت محوری نمایشنامه «ویلی لومان» یک «بازاریاب (فروشنده)» است، که خیال می‌کند تنها راه داشتن یک زندگی شرافتمندانه برای خود و خانواده اش، تلاش برای کسب ثروت، از درون چهارچوب‌های خردکننده، و بی‌احساس سرمایه داری است؛ او که در پایان توفیقی حاصل نمی‌کند، با تصادفی ساختگی، دست به خودکشی می‌زند، تا از آنراه پسر بزرگترش «بیف» که سرسختانه مخالف باروهای پدرش است، بتواند با استفاده از پول بیمه ی عمر او، کسب و کار خود را آغاز کند.؛ تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 05/06/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-17 00:00:00 Gaby Nunamaker A Classic with a big C. I can see why. It's not a happy story. A story about a troubled family. About getting older and getting cast aside after years of hard work, never having quite made it. About big expectations, never met. Infidelity. About the estranged relationship between father and son. A father, what's he doing? Panicking because he is loosing his job.... loosing his grip on things... on his boys.... hallucinating even?Present and past events or even imagined flow in and out of the story. A tragedy unfolding. Already I think I need to reread it to really grasp the whole story. I was impressed. Although this was not a pleasant read. In the format of a play and of course many famous actors played their part in Death of a Salesman....Death of a Salesman was first presented in a London Theatre on 28 July 1949. Linda (hearing Willy outside the bedroom, calls with some trepidation): Willy! Willy: It's allright, I came back. Linda: Why? What happened (Slight pause). Did something happen Willy? Willy: No, nothing happened. Linda: You didn't smash the car, did you? Willy (with casual irritation): I said nothing happened. Didn't you hear me? Linda: Don't you feel well? Willy: I'm tired to death. (The flute has faded away. He sits on the bed beside her, a little numb). I couldn't make it. I just couldn't make it, Linda......