| Adventures of a Young Man Contributor(s): Dos Passos, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1504015517 ISBN-13: 9781504015516 Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.77 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a novel that closely parallels author John Dos Passos's own ideological struggles during the Spanish Civil War, protagonist Glenn Spotswood, an American, travels to Spain to fight on the Republican side. There, Spotswood joins the Communist Party to help establish a more just society, but his idealism quickly degrades under the stress of party orthodoxy and hypocrisy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dos Passos, John: - John Roderigo Dos Passos (b.1896, d.1970) was a writer, painter, and political activist. He wrote over forty books, including plays, poetry, novels, biographies, histories, and memoirs. He crafted over four hundred drawings, watercolors, and other artworks. Dos Passos considered himself foremost a writer of contemporary chronicles. He chose the moniker of "chronicler" because he was happiest working at the edge of fiction and nonfiction. Both genres benefited from his mastery of observation--his "camera eye"--and his sense of historical context. Dos Passos sought to ground fiction in historic detail and working-class, realistic dialogue. He invented a multimedia format of newsreels, songs, biographies, and autobiography to convey the frenzy of 20th century America's industrialism and urbanism. His most memorable fiction--Three Soldiers (1920), Manhattan Transfer (1925), U.S.A. (1938)--possesses the authority of history and the allure of myth. Likewise, he sought to vitalize nonfiction history and reportage with the colors, sounds, and smells documented on his journeys across the globe. |