La Trilogie des États-UnisSéries
Cette trilogie épique offre un portrait vivant et kaléidoscopique des États-Unis au début du XXe siècle, une période tumultueuse. À travers les vies et les destins entremêlés de plusieurs personnages, la série capture l'esprit de l'époque, reflétant les événements historiques et présentant un large éventail d'expériences américaines. C'est une œuvre vaste et ambitieuse qui explore l'essence d'une nation en pleine transformation et innovation.
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With 1919 , the second volume of his U.S.A . trilogy, John Dos Passos continues his "vigorous and sweeping panorama of twentieth-century America" ( Forum ), lauded on publication of the first volume not only for its scope, but also for its groundbreaking style.Again, employing a host of experimental devices that would inspire a whole new generation of writers to follow, Dos Passos captures the many textures, flavors, and background noises of modern life with a cinematic touch and unparalleled nerve.1919 opens to find America and the world at war, and Dos Passos's characters, many of whom we met in the first volume, are thrown into the snarl. We follow the daughter of a Chicago minister, a wide-eyed Texas girl, a young poet, a radical Jew, and we glimpse Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Unknown Soldier. 1919 provides an incomparable portrait of America from the turn of the century to the Depression of 1929.
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Completing a monumental trilogy, this volume delves into America's pursuit of wealth and the accompanying moral decay. John Dos Passos weaves a narrative that critiques materialism while exploring the complexities of success. The ambitious project showcases the author's innovative storytelling and deep social commentary, capturing the essence of an era marked by both aspiration and ethical challenges.
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel. 1919. The Big Money
- 1312pages
- 46 heures de lecture
Unique among American novels for its epic scope and panoramic and 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 an unforgettable collective portrait of America, shot through with sardonic comedy and brilliant social observation. He interweaves the careers of his characters and the events of their time with a narrative verve and breathtaking technical skill that make U.S.A. among the most compulsively readable of modern classics. In his prologue Dos Passos writes: "U.S.A. is the slice of a continent. U.S.A. is a group of holding companies, some aggregations of trade unions, a set of laws bound in calf, a radio network, a chain of moving picture theatres, a column of stock quotations rubbed out and written in by a Western Union boy on a blackboard, a public library full of old newspapers and dogeared history books with protests scrawled on the margins in pencil...But mostly U.S.A. is the speech of the people." The trilogy is filled with American speech: labor radicals and advertising executives, sailors and stenographers, interior decorators and movie stars. The volume contains newly researched chronologies of Dos Passos' life and of world events cited in U.S.A., notes, and an essay on textual selection
U.S.a.
- 1184pages
- 42 heures de lecture
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. schovat popis
