{"product_id":"kindness-of-strangers-pb-donald-spoto-9780306808050","title":"Kindness of Strangers PB","description":"This is the first complete, critical biography of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), one of America's finest playwrights and the author of (among many important works) \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana.\u003c\/i\u003e Award-winning biographer Donald Spoto gives us not only a full and accurate account of Williams's life, he also reveals the intimate connections between the playwright's personal dramas and his remarkably autobiographical art. From his birth into a genteel Southern family, through his success, celebrity, and wealth, to his drug addictions, promiscuity, and creative struggles, Tennessee Williams lived a life as gripping as his plays. \u003ci\u003eThe Kindness of Strangers, \u003c\/i\u003e based on Williams's own papers, his mother's diaries, and interviews with scores of friends, lovers, and professional associates, is, in the author's words, a portrait of \"a man more disturbing, more dramatic, richer and more wonderful than any character he created.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Spoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306808056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306808050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.10w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1998 pg. 224","brand":"Donald Spoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995510276351,"sku":"9780306808050","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fde30fe4-57cb-4fd3-934a-c5bfa42c27da.jpg?v=1683336226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kindness-of-strangers-pb-donald-spoto-9780306808050","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}