The Devil's Race-Track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings: The Best from WHICH WAS THE DREAM and FABLES OF MAN
by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain explores the darker side of life in these lesser-known later writings dealing with personal tragedies, nightmarish world events, and a doubtful cosmic order. He views his own situation as that of a ship trapped in a fearsome Bermuda Triangle-like region, the Devil's Race-Track. He sees history as a treadmill of endlessly and monotonously repeated events. And he conceives of a universal food chain, a vast round of devourers who in their turn become victims, humankind and God included. The tone of these writings is lightened considerably by Mark Twain's sagely ironic humor and his warmth, which together balance his tough-mindedness. And even when he shows the human race caught in some vicious circle, he may be seen courageously seeking a way out and at times believing he has found it.
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The Devil's Race-Track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings. The Best from Which Was the Dream? and Fables of Man was compiled from writings that Twain wrote in the autumn of his life. Some of his darker writings appear in this book, from personal matters to world events, and a doubtful cosmic order behind humanity. Yet this book is ever a product of Twain's unceasing optimism, which appears to lighten to the tone of this rare collection quite often.
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- The Devil's Race-Track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings
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- Mark Twain
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- University of California
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