The Man Who Had All the Luck
The Man Who Had All the Luck
- ISBN 13:
9780142437865
- ISBN 10:
0142437867
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 05/25/2004
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Summary
It took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luckto be appreciated for what it truly is: the first stirrings of a genius that would go on to blossom in such masterpieces as Death of a Salesmanand The Crucible. Infused with the moral malaise of the Depression era, the drama centers on David Beeves, a man whose every obstacle to personal and professional success seems to crumble before him. But his good fortune merely serves to reveal the tragedies of those around him in greater relief, offering evidence of a capricious god or, worse, a godless, arbitrary universe. David’s journey toward fulfillment becomes a nightmare of existential doubts, a desperate grasp for reason in a cosmos seemingly devoid of any, and a struggle that will take him to the brink of madness.