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More than just a classic political novel, Warren’s tale of power and corruption in the Depression-era South is a sustained meditation on the unforeseen consequences of every human act, the vexing connectedness of all people and the possibility—it’s not much of one—of goodness in a sinful world. Willie Stark, Warren’s lightly disguised version of Huey Long, the one time Louisiana strongman/governor, begins as a genuine tribune of the people and ends as a murderous populist demagogue. Jack Burden is his press agent, who carries out the boss’s orders, first without objection, then in the face of his own increasingly troubled conscience. And the politics? For Warren, that’s simply the arena most likely to prove that man is a fallen creature. Which it does.
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All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren
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- 2006
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- Titre
- All the King's Men
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Robert Penn Warren
- Éditeur
- Penguin Books
- Publié
- 2006
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 661
- ISBN10
- 0141026960
- ISBN13
- 9780141026961
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Littérature contemporaine, Classiques, Politique, États-Unis, Littérature américaine, 20e siècle, Histoires, Roman social, Sud des États-Unis, Années 1940, Prix Pulitzer
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- More than just a classic political novel, Warren’s tale of power and corruption in the Depression-era South is a sustained meditation on the unforeseen consequences of every human act, the vexing connectedness of all people and the possibility—it’s not much of one—of goodness in a sinful world. Willie Stark, Warren’s lightly disguised version of Huey Long, the one time Louisiana strongman/governor, begins as a genuine tribune of the people and ends as a murderous populist demagogue. Jack Burden is his press agent, who carries out the boss’s orders, first without objection, then in the face of his own increasingly troubled conscience. And the politics? For Warren, that’s simply the arena most likely to prove that man is a fallen creature. Which it does.