Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer

by Tennessee Williams

Book Overview

Orpheus Descending is a love story, a plea for spiritual and artistic freedom, as well as a portrait of racism and intolerance. When charismatic drifter Valentine Xavier arrives in a Mississippi Delta town with his guitar and snakeskin jacket, he becomes a trigger for hatred and a magnet for three outcast souls: storekeeper Lady Torrance, "lewd vagrant" Carol Cutrere, and religious visionary Vee Talbot.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811219399
• ISBN13: 9780811219396
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"