The Hairy Ape
by Eugene O’Neill
“In a world built of steel and steam, where does the man end and the animal begin?”
Trapped in the sweltering bowels of a transatlantic liner, Yank believes he is the steel that powers the world until a chance encounter with the elite shatters his sense of belonging. This visceral expressionist journey follows his raw descent through the streets of New York as he searches for a soul in a society that views him as nothing more than a beast.
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