{"product_id":"9781472587718","title":"The Mountaintop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExactly one year ago, I stood in that crumbling pulpit in Riverside and shouted that this war would be our own violent undoing, freedom's suicide . . . Well, I'll tell you, there weren't too many Amens that Sunday. But who is a man who does not speak his mind? He is not a man, but I am a man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe night before his assassination, King retires to room 306 in the now-famous Lorraine Motel after giving an acclaimed speech to a massive church congregation. When a mysterious young maid visits him to deliver a cup of coffee, King is forced to confront his past and the future of his people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePortraying rhetoric, hope and ideals of social change, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountaintop \u003c\/i\u003ealso explores being human in the face of inevitable death. The play is a dramatic feat of daring originality, historical narration and triumphant compassion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Modern Classics edition of the play features a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson and an introduction by Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Theatre, University of Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42680393531453,"sku":"9781472587718","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781472587718_p0.jpg?v=1771567083","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781472587718","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}