Arthur Miller creates the opposite of Willie Loman - a man who has everything he could possibly want, who is a success and is recognized as such. When a drive down a snowy mountain lands him in the hospital, his world crashes down on him as his two wives meet for the first time, each unknown to the other until that moment. Told in a series of flashbacks and moments of dreaming, with occasional appearances by a father (presumably dead), the work mixes surrealism and postmodernism for an effective, touching, and humorous work. The women are interesting in their own right; though at first they appear to be mere extensions of his desires, they work through their own issues and figure out how to deal with life in a radically changed environment. The excesses of the 1980s, the idea of selfish individualism, is put on display and doesn't come off looking well. A good read; I would love to see it performed. ( )

I didn't quite know what to make of this. this guy loves 2 women(one of whom he he had cheated on continuously), so he marries both of them. i think he just likes to live on the edge. once he seems to have slept with both of them in an hour. i guess i just didn't really care about any of the really whiny characters. i would not have married any of them--even the nurse! ( )

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