Death of a Salesman

In the spring of 1948, Arthur Miller disappeared into his log cabin somewhere in Connecticut. He emerged out of it some six weeks later ready with his first draft of his play ‘ Death of a Salesman’. And as they say rest is history. It won the Pulitzer prize for best drama  that year and when it was premiered on Broadway the following year, it created massive waves and huge critical  acclaim for Arthur Miller as a playwright. When I read this play recently, I underwent most of the emotions that our anti hero Willy Loman goes through and that to my mind is the beauty of great work of fiction. It brings you face to face with your innermost core that you knew existed but were hardly aware of and this work of his also tells you what can happen when you lose the grip on the forces of life. The passage of time has not dated the topicality or relevance of this timeless classic.