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John Dos Passos
Using experimental montage techniques borrowed from the cinema, descriptions and bursts of overheard conversation, and jumbled case histories of a picaresque cast of characters from dockside crapshooters to high-society flappers…
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This gorgeous new paperback edition collects the three volumes of John Dos Passos's acclaimed U.S.A. trilogy, named one of the best books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library…
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Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, the author builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century.
John Dos Passos' ground breaking novel Manhattan Transfer is a landmark literary achievement. The book attacks the consumerism and social indifference of contemporary American urban life portraying a Manhattan that…
One Man's Initiation-1917 by John Dos Passos provides a poignant exploration of a soldier's experiences during World War I, offering a deeply personal and modernist perspective on the impact of…
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Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.
Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of…
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John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.
Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College…
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Despite sickness in the final years of his life, Dos Passos presses on for adventure. He and his wife journey to Easter Island, where they explore the history behind the…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Part of the generation that produced Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos wrote one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. Three Soldiers portrays…
In the end you are fundamentally alone and no matter how much you would like to imagine that others could complete you or even just understand you, the saddest truth…
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Three Soldiers explores fear and ambition, conformity and rebellion, desertion and violence in impossible circumstances. It remains a towering testament to the brutal and dehumanizing effects of a regimented war…
Manhattan Transfer follows the overlapping lives of four principal characters in a sweeping multi-faceted tale set to the soundtrack of the booming, rhythmic pulse of New York City in the…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
A collection of short stories by John Dos Passos, including both fiction and nonfiction pieces.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Tyler Spotswood, an alcoholic campaign manager, helps elect a corrupt Southern politician to the U.S. Senate. When his boss, Chuck Crawford aka Number One, pins a scandal on Spotswood, Tyler…
Before John Dos Passos enjoys fame as a chronicler and critic of American society, he wins recognition for command of aesthetics. Orient Express, a memoir of the author’s travels through…
John Dos Passos’s literary response to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, The Grand Design critiques the gargantuan growth of bureaucracy in Washington during the Great Depression and World War II…
In this semi-autobiographical novel, an American named Roland Lancaster has a doomed affair with a younger woman, Elsa, in Cuba during World War II. The love story, in its happiest…
"One Man's Initiation-1917" is a novel written by American author John Dos Passos, published in 1920. The novel is a semi-autobiographical work that draws on Dos Passos' own experiences during…
John DOS Passos
Three Soldiers is a 1921 novel by American author John Dos Passos. It is one of the best American war novels of World War I and remains a classic of…
Three Soldiers (1921) is one of the American war novels of the First World War and remains a classic of the realist war novel genre.
One Man’s Initiation-1917 the greatest writer of our time Jean-Paul Sartre John Dos Passos’ first novel, a barely disguised autobiography of his withering experiences in France in 1917, was written…
