Passos, John Dos
U.S.A. (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141185811
- author:
- Passos, John Dos
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 1184
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 5.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- General & Literary Fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
John Dos Passos' U.S.A. is a groundbreaking work of experimental fiction that creates a compelling and tragic vision of America at the dawn of the twentieth century.
This panoramic epic weaves together fact and fiction to build a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century, tracing the story of America from the early twentieth century to the onset of the Great Depression in 1929.
Through its unique blend of 'camera eye' and 'newsreel' sections, U.S.A. vividly evokes a period of great change and uncertainty in American history, when the country was slowly abandoning the great American Dream.
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