John Dos Passos
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Three young American soldiers are drafted in military and sent to France. But each has a reason to despise the war and to desert his post. What transpires next is a story of frustration, survival, betrayal and tragedy. The novel was inspired by author's own experiences during World War I. Passoswas an ambulance driver for American volunteer groups in Paris and Italy, before joining the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
Streets of Night
"Streets of Night" by John Dos Passos. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Three Soldiers
"Three Soldiers" by John Dos Passos. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Three Soldiers
Three young American soldiers are drafted in military and sent to France. But each has a reason to despise the war and to desert his post. What transpires next is a story of frustration, survival, betrayal and tragedy. The novel was inspired by author's own experiences during World War I. Passoswas an ambulance driver for American volunteer groups in Paris and Italy, before joining the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
USA triloogia I: 42. laiuskraad
„USA“ triloogia näol, mille omavahel seotud osad kannavad pealkirju „42. laiuskraad“, „1919“ ja „Suured rahad“, on John Dos Passos kirjutanud paljude hinnangul kõigi aegade suurima Ameerika romaani. Sel ajal kui Fitzgerald ja Hemingway kultiveerisid kirjanduskriitiku Edmund Wilsoni sõnul oma väikest põldu, võttis Dos Passos üles harida terve maailma. Tänapäeval jätkuvalt üheks 20. sajandi mõjukamaks kirjandusteoseks peetav „USA“ on ühe rahvuse ulatuslik kaleidoskoopiline portree, mis pakatab igal leheküljel ajaloost ja elust.
Triloogia esimene osa „42. laiuskraad“ toob lugeja ette noore riigi 20. sajandi koidikul. Kunstipäraseks kollaažiks ühendatud lugudes hargneb aegamööda viie peategelase elu ja saatus. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward ja Charley kulgevad läbi Põhja-Ameerika otsekui tormist kantud, liikudes vääramatu hooga selle suurlinnade ja lõppeks New Yorgi poole. Sedamööda, kuidas ristuvad ja taas lahknevad nende teed, astuvad episoodilistes rollides üles Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie ja teised oma ajastu suurkujud.
John Dos Passos (1896–1970) on ameerika modernismi ja nn kadunud sugupõlve tähtsamaid autoreid. Ta kerkis esile 1925. aasta romaaniga „Manhattan Transfer“ (e.k Tänapäev, 2007), mille episoodilist, eksperimentaalset, „kaamerasilmalikku“ stiili arendas ta veelgi mastaapsemal panoraamil edasi oma peateoses, 1930.–1936. aastal ilmunud „USA“ triloogias, mis kujutab kaheteistkümne peategelase kaudu Ameerika Ühendriikide poliitilise ja ühiskondliku elu tähtsamaid sfääre ajavahemikul 1900–1930, töölisliikumist, äritegevust, meremeheelu, ameeriklaste osalust I maailmasõjas, sõjajärgse põlvkonna ummikseisu, Hollywoodi esiletõusu, suurt depressiooni jne.
Dos Passose loomingu eripära teiste ameerika modernistide seas avaldub seeläbi just keskendumises üldplaanile, ühiskonnale ja ajaloole, mis on kirjanikule vahendiks, et eritleda vaheda objektiivsusega indiviidi, tema elusaatust ja psühholoogiat.
Rosinante to the Road Again
"Rosinante to the Road Again" by John Dos Passos. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
One Man's Initiation—1917
"One Man's Initiation—1917" by John Dos Passos. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
3 books to know World War I
Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:World War I.
– Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos – The War That Will End War by H.G . Wells – The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts RinehartThree Soldiers is a 1921 novel by American writer and critic John Dos Passos. It is one of the American war novels of the First World War, and remains a classic of the realist war novel genre. During August 1914, immediately after the outbreak of the war, British author and social commentator H. G. Wells published a number of articles in London newspapers that subsequently appeared as a book entitled The War That Will End War. Wells blamed the Central Powers for the coming of the war and argued that only the defeat of German militarism could bring about an end to war. Wells used the shorter form of the phrase, «the war to end war», in In the Fourth Year (1918), in which he noted that the phrase «got into circulation» in the second half of 1914. In fact, it had become one of the most common catchphrases of the First World War. The Amazing Interlude (1918) is a story about Sara Lee Kennedy, an innocent and idealistic nineteen year old American girl from Pennsylvania, who is touched by the plight and suffering of the soldiers battling on the front lines during WWI. Funded by the local women's charity, Sara Lee joins the Red Cross, travels to Europe over her fiancee's objections and meets Henri, an intriguing Belgian spy who helps her setup a soup kitchen near the Belgian front line. This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.