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Fences

by August Wilson · 1985

Classics · ranked #52 in category

Troy Maxson, a former baseball player in 1950s Pittsburgh, has built a fence around his yard and his family as he navigates the limits placed on a Black man by the era he lives in. Wilson's play — one of ten in his Century Cycle covering Black American life across the 20th century — asks what a man is owed, what he takes from his children, and what he cannot admit about himself.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1985 · 1980s
Author
August Wilson
Standing
Essential Read

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