John Dos Passos

ISBN: 9781883011147 Categorii: Diverse, Diverse. An apariție: 1996 Autor: John Dos Passos Editură: The Library of America Colecție: Library of America John Dos Passos Tip copertă: Hardcover Număr pagini: 1312 Stoc: La comandă

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Unique among American books for its epic scope and panoramic social sweep, U.S.A. has long been acknowledged as a monument of modern fiction. Now The Library of America presents an exclusive one-volume edition of this enduring masterwork by John Dos Passos, including for the first time detailed notes and a chronicle of the world events that serve as a backdrop.

In the novels that make up the trilogy-The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money-Dos Passos creates an unforgettable collective portrait of America, shot through with sardonic comedy and brilliant social observation. He interweaves the careers of his characters and the events of their time with a narrative verve and breathtaking technical skill that make U.S.A. among the most compulsively readable of modern classics.

A startling range of experimental devices captures the textures and background noises of twentieth-century life: "Newsreels" with blaring headlines; autobiographical "Camera Eye" sections with poetic stream-of-consciousness; "biographies" evoking emblematic historical figures like J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford, John Reed, Frank Lloyd Wright, Thorstein Veblen, and the Unknown Soldier. Holding everything together is sheer storytelling power, tracing dozens of characters from the Spanish-American War to the onset of the Depression.

Limba
Engleza
Autor
John Dos Passos
Data Publicarii
1996
Editura
The Library of America
Latime
13
Inaltime
21
Grosime
3.8
Greutate
790
Tip Coperta
Hardcover
Nr Pag
1312
Colectie
Library of America John Dos Passos
Subtitlu
U.S.A. /The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
Bic
FA
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