John Dos Passos
Author
Series
U.S.A ; 1
Language
English
Description
This is the first novel of Dos Passos's trilogy, U.S.A., which covers the years between 1900 to 1914. "The individual episodes and the characterization, the setting and the commentaries, are in themselves less important than the effectiveness of the entire book and the trilogy. Dos Passos employs with skill the modernist techniques that were coming into fashion during the first decades of the century. There is no definite plot; the book flows in a...
3) U.S.A
Author
Series
Library of America ; 85
Language
English
Description
Unique among American novels for its epic scope and panoramic social sweep, John Dos Passos' U.S.A. has long been acknowledged as a monument of modern fiction. In the novels that make up the trilogy -- The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936) -- Dos Passos creates a collective portrait of America in the first three decades of the 20th century, shot through with sardonic comedy and social observation. He interweaves the careers...
Author
Series
Library of America ; 142
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Includes the works that comprised the author's ground-breaking epic, written before his U.S.A. trilogy, featuring a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City, the author's experiences as an ambulance driver in war-torn Paris, and the dehumanizing struggles of American servicemen in battle.
Author
Series
Library of America ; 143
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"John Dos Passos traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and the United States, witnessing many of the tumultuous political, social, and cultural events of the early 20th century and recording his changing response to them. This volume collects the vibrant and insightful travel books and essays he wrote at the same time he was publishing his fictional masterpieces Three Soldiers, Manhattan Transfer, and U.S.A."
"Rosinante to the Road...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
This novel, based on the author's own stressful experiences at the New Playwrights Theatre in New York City and in Hollywood, concerns a playwright-turned-screenwriter who falls under the influence of the Communist Party. The satirical work conveys Dos Passos's suspicions about Communist infiltration in the American artistic community.
10) Chosen country
Author
Series
Sentry edition ; SE22
Publisher
Riverside Press
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1946.
Language
English
Description
This is the second novel in Dos Passos's trilogy U.S.A. and it carries into World War I the careers of the characters in the first novel, the Forty second parallel, beginning with Joe Williams, the wandering, battered, and hapless sailor. Four new characters are introduced; Dick Savage, an esthetic, idealistic young Harvard man; Eveline Hutchins, bored and seeking new sensations; "Daughter" (Anne Elizabeth Trent), a relief worker; and Ben Compton,...
17) Nuova York
Author
Series
Libri del pavone ; 11-12
Publisher
Arnoldo Mondadori
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
Italiano