Three Pieces

by Ntozake Shange

Book Overview

In these three plays, the author brilliantly recasts traditional traditional forms to capture the essence of the lives of black people. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312078722
• ISBN13: 9780312078720
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Three Pieces

With for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange emerged a a formidable voice in the American theater. In these three plys, she brilliantly recasts traditional forms to capture the essenses of the lives of black people: Spell #7 is a black magic and variety show; A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, a sensual melodrama of intersecting lives and loves; and Boogie Woogie Landscapes, a stream of consciousness verse play. --- from book's back cover