Forfatter fødeår: 1886-1970
I nærmest filmisk fragmenteret form fremmaner John Dos Passos i gennembrudsromanen Manhattan Transfer (1925) et sprudlende og levende portræt af 1920'ernes metropol, det urbane... Læs mere
Using experimental montage techniques borrowed from the cinema, descriptions and bursts of overheard conversation, and jumbled case histories of a picaresque cast of characters from... Læs mere
Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, the author builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Based on the author's first-hand experience as an ambulance driver during World War I, this first novel is noteworthy for its vivid and colorful portrait of France at that time and for its passionate indictment of war. The author's disillusionment with war, for a time, turned ...