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manhattan transfer
by john dos passos
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About This Item
new york: harper and brothers publishers, 1925. first edition, 1925.
an "impressionistic picture of new york" tracing the development of urban life from the gilded age to the jazz age through a series of distinct, yet overlapping stories. the novel attacks the consumerism and social indifference that characterize city life. considered one of dos passos's most important works, it was received favorably by numerous publications and big-league writers like ernest hemingway and d.h. lawrence.
new york: harper and brothers publishers. 404 pages. 5.5x7.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: chip to title paper, mild foxing to back board, bookplate to front pastedown, imperceptible sunning on throughout, mild shelfwear throughout. near fine.
an "impressionistic picture of new york" tracing the development of urban life from the gilded age to the jazz age through a series of distinct, yet overlapping stories. the novel attacks the consumerism and social indifference that characterize city life. considered one of dos passos's most important works, it was received favorably by numerous publications and big-league writers like ernest hemingway and d.h. lawrence.
new york: harper and brothers publishers. 404 pages. 5.5x7.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: chip to title paper, mild foxing to back board, bookplate to front pastedown, imperceptible sunning on throughout, mild shelfwear throughout. near fine.
Synopsis
Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it. More than seventy-five years after its first publication, Manhattan Transfer still stands as "a novel of the very first importance" (Sinclair Lewis). It is a masterpeice of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to the dual-edged nature of the American dream.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1061
- Title
- manhattan transfer
- Author
- john dos passos
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- harper and brothers publishers
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 1925
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