The Piano Lesson

A powerful expltoration of the legacy of slavery in America as a brother and sister in 1930s Pittsburgh argue over whether to sell the family piano, an instrument tainted by the wages of slavery. Foreword by Toni Morrison.

Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1990

Part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.

'It was in reading The Piano Lesson that I was struck by the beauty and accuracy of August Wilson's language, as well as a richness waiting to be mined' - Toni Morrison, from her Foreword

This volume is also available as part of the Century Cycle boxed set.