U.S.a.
$69.38
- Paperback
1184 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2002
Summary
In this experimental trilogy, Dos Passos uses “camera eye” and “newsreel” sections to create a fragmented atmosphere. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, he builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141185811 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141185813 |
| Author: | John Dos Passos |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1184 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 792g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 57mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
The biggest influence was a novel my father gave me to read at the age of about 13, U.S.A. by John Dos Passos. At that age, it just got me. You can trace back everything I do to that novel because it’s all about the relationship between grand history and individual experience. And it’s a collage with quotes from newsreels, cinema, and newspapers-a collage of history. That’s where I get it all from. – Adam Curtis (filmmaker)
About The Author
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos (1896-1970) was born in Chicago and graduated from Harvard in 1916. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write “Three Soldiers” in 1919. A prolific travel writer, biographer, playwright, and novelist, he is an American classic of the twentieth century.
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