Title: Novels, 1920-1925
First published: 2003
Description: These novels record the emergence of John Dos Passos as a chronicler of the upheavals of the early 20th century. "In One Man's Initiation:" 1917 an idealistic young American serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in France learns of the fear, uncertainty, and camaraderie of war. "Three Soldiers" engages in a deeper exploration of the impact of World War I upon an increasingly fractured civilization. The novel depicts the experiences of three Americans as they fight in the final battles of the war and then confront a world in which peace offers little respite from the dehumanizing servility and regimentation of militarized life. "Manhattan Transfer" is a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in the first two decades of the 20th century that follows the changing fortunes of more than a dozen characters as they strive to make sense out of the chaos of modern urban existence.
Subjects: Fiction, History, American fiction (fictional works by one author), George U. Wyper Fund, World War, 1914-1918, Soldiers, Literature, Collected Works, Warfare, Fictional Works, Urban Population
LC classification: PS3507.O743 A6 2003b