Manhattan Transfer: A Novel

Dos Passos, John

ISBN 10: 0618381864 / ISBN 13: 9780618381869

Edité par Mariner Books Classics, 2003

N° de réf. du vendeur 0618381864-4-34769041

Synopsis :

Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it.
More than seventy-five years after its first publication, Manhattan Transfer still stands as "a novel of the very first importance" (Sinclair Lewis). It is a masterpeice of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to the dual-edged nature of the American dream.

À propos de l'auteur:

John Dos Passos (1896–1970) was a writer, painter, and political activist. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write Three Soldiers in 1919, the first in a series of works that established him as one of the most prolific, inventive, and influential American writers of the twentieth century, writing over forty books, including plays, poetry, novels, biographies, histories, and memoirs. 

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Manhattan Transfer: A Novel
Éditeur : Mariner Books Classics
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Fair