Anna in the Tropics

Author / Creator

Cruz, Nilo, author

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Summary

This poignant and poetic Pulitzer Prize winning play captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and 'lectors' are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arriva...

This poignant and poetic Pulitzer Prize winning play captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and 'lectors' are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration. But when he reads aloud from 'Anna Karenina', he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics, and The American Dream prove a volatile combination.

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