LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john dos passos

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  • Facing the chair
    John Dos Passos
    Step into the compelling world of 'Facing the Chair: Story of the Americanization of Two Foreign-Born Workmen,' a powerful narrative that captures the heart of the immigrant experience in 20th-century America. This remarkable tale follows the struggles and triumphs of two foreign-born laborers as they navigate the complexities of cultural assimilation and the American labor mov...
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    15,29 €

  • Facing the Chair
    Anatole France / Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) Debs / John Dos Passos
    'Facing the Chair: Story of the Americanization of Two Foreignborn Workmen' by John Dos Passos delves into the controversial Sacco and Vanzetti case, a landmark murder trial that ignited passionate debate and exposed deep divisions within American society. Set in Massachusetts, this historical account meticulously examines the legal proceedings and the social forces at play in ...
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    20,24 €

  • Facing the Chair
    Anatole France / Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) Debs / John Dos Passos
    'Facing the Chair: Story of the Americanization of Two Foreignborn Workmen' by John Dos Passos delves into the controversial Sacco and Vanzetti case, a landmark murder trial that ignited passionate debate and exposed deep divisions within American society. Set in Massachusetts, this historical account meticulously examines the legal proceedings and the social forces at play in ...
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    33,87 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    John Dos Passos
    John Dos Passos’s 'Manhattan Transfer' captures the relentless energy and dramatic social shifts of early 20th-century New York City. This landmark of literary modernism explores the sprawling metropolis of Manhattan and its impact on the lives of its inhabitants. A panoramic vision of urban life, the novel chronicles a city in constant flux, reflecting the hopes, dreams, and d...
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    25,14 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    John Dos Passos
    John Dos Passos’s 'Manhattan Transfer' captures the relentless energy and dramatic social shifts of early 20th-century New York City. This landmark of literary modernism explores the sprawling metropolis of Manhattan and its impact on the lives of its inhabitants. A panoramic vision of urban life, the novel chronicles a city in constant flux, reflecting the hopes, dreams, and d...
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    36,46 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    John Dos Passos
    A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in the early 20th century, Manhattan Transfer captures the ambition, struggles, and disillusionment of its diverse inhabitants. Through shifting perspectives and innovative storytelling, John Dos Passos weaves a gripping, cinematic narrative of a metropolis teeming with energy, hope, and the relentless march of modernity. ...
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    18,30 €

  • A Pushcart at the Curb
    John Dos Passos
    A Pushcart at the Curb' is a classic book, that has held significant value throughout history, and to ensure its timeless wisdom is never lost, Alpha Editions has carefully preserved it by republishing it in a modern, accessible format for both present and future generations. Thoughtfully reformatted, retyped, and newly designed, this edition offers a clear and readable text-fr...
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    12,83 €

  • Streets of Night
    John Dos Passos
    Streets of Night, stands as a beacon in the world of books, bridging the gap between past and present. Once considered among the old books, this classic work-like so many forgotten and ancient books-has shaped our understanding of culture and history. It’s a remarkable example of history books that have influenced generations, and now, through the dedication of Alpha Editions-y...
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    16,27 €

  • One Man’s Initiation-1917
    John Dos Passos
    One Man’s Initiation-1917 by John Dos Passos provides a poignant exploration of a soldier’s experiences during World War I, offering a deeply personal and modernist perspective on the impact of war. The novel centers on the experiences of a young American soldier, exploring his initiation into the harsh realities of World War I. Through a modernist narrative style, Dos Passos d...
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    11,10 €

  • Three Soldiers
    John Dos Passos
    Three Soldiers, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of...
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    31,55 €

  • Rosinante to the Road Again
    John Dos Passos
    Rosinante to the Road Again, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books...
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    22,65 €

  • Three Soldiers
    John Dos Passos
    Excerpts from the Book'John Andrews stood naked in the center of a large bare room, of which the walls and ceiling and floor were made of raw pine boards. The air was heavy from the steam heat. At a desk in one corner a typewriter clicked spasmodically.'Say, young feller, d’you know how to spell imbecility?'John Andrews walked over to the desk, told him, and added, 'Are you goi...
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    30,91 €

  • Three Soldiers
    John Dos Passos
    In the end you are fundamentally alone and no matter how much you would like to imagine that others could complete you or even just understand you, the saddest truth is that even this is far too much to ask.This is a painfully sad story, a realist novel told about First World War - so pain is obligatory. ... (Trevor)BioJohn Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, ...
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    21,08 €

  • Three Soldiers
    John Dos Passos
    In the end you are fundamentally alone and no matter how much you would like to imagine that others could complete you or even just understand you, the saddest truth is that even this is far too much to ask.This is a painfully sad story, a realist novel told about First World War - so pain is obligatory. ... (Trevor)BioJohn Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, ...
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    31,72 €

  • The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People
    John Dos Passos
    John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. During World War I, he was an ambulance driver for Amer...
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    28,28 €

  • The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People
    John Dos Passos
    John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. During World War I, he was an ambulance driver for Amer...
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    16,34 €

  • One Man’s Initiation-1917
    John Dos Passos
    A semi-autobiographical story of an ambulance driver in Italy, France and Spain in World War I.BioJohn Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learne...
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    16,44 €

  • One Man’s Initiation-1917
    John Dos Passos
    A semi-autobiographical story of an ambulance driver in Italy, France and Spain in World War I.BioJohn Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learne...
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    26,86 €

  • Streets of Night
    John Dos Passos
    John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. During World War I, he was an ambulance driver for Amer...
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    17,68 €

  • Streets of Night
    John Dos Passos
    John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 - September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. During World War I, he was an ambulance driver for Amer...
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    28,32 €

  • Streets Of Night
    John Dos Passos
    Streets of Night is a novel by John Dos Passos, set in the early 1900s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and focuses on the lives of two college students, Fanshaw and Cham. The story revolves around their experiences with women, particularly with Phoebe Sweeting and her friend, both of whom are chorus girls. Cham convinces Fanshaw to accompany him on a double date with Phoebe and he...
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    14,31 €

  • Three Soldiers
    John Dos Passos
    Three Soldiers is a 1921 novel by American author John Dos Passos. It is one of the best American war novels of World War I and remains a classic of the war novel genre. Three Soldiers shows the lives of a trio of Army privates: Fuselli, an Italian American store administrator from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farmboy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted Harvard gradu...
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    36,23 €

  • Manhattan Transfer (Warbler Classics)
    John Dos Passos
    John Dos Passos’s Manhattan Transfer follows the overlapping lives of four principal characters in a sweeping multi-faceted tale set to the soundtrack of the booming, rhythmic pulse of New York City in the 1920s. Peopled with wealthy professionals, struggling immigrants, actors, cab drivers, chefs, and shopkeepers, a portrait of New York City bursts into view with all the force...
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    13,50 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    John Dos Passos
    Manhattan Transfer is an American novel by John Dos Passos published in 1925. It focuses on the development of urban life in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age as told through a series of overlapping individual stories.It is considered to be one of Dos Passos’ most important works. The book attacks the consumerism and social indifference of contemporary urban lif...
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    24,59 €

  • Eight Harvard Poets
    E. E. Cummings / John Dos Passos
    A short hook: A doorway to a vital moment in American letters, opened anew for today’s readers.Eight Harvard Poets gathers a vital slice of early twentieth‑century america, a poetry anthology that still resonates with the electricity of new ideas and new forms. This is more than a display of lines; it is a conversation with a decade of experimentation, where modernist verse for...
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    17,88 €

  • Three Soldiers
    John Dos Passos
    Part of the generation that produced Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos wrote one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. Three Soldiers portrays the lives of a trio of army privates: Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farm boy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted Harvard graduate from New York. Hai...
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    10,59 €

  • Three Soldiers (Warbler Classics)
    John Dos Passos
    John Dos Passos’s second novel, Three Soldiers, was published in 1921 after many rejections from publishers and censorship squabbles. The novel, which was hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication, stands as one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. This anti-war novel focuses on three soldiers- Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco...
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    13,50 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    John Dos Passos
    John Dos Passos’ ground breaking novel Manhattan Transfer is a landmark literary achievement. The book attacks the consumerism and social indifference of contemporary American urban life, portraying a Manhattan that is merciless yet teeming with energy, restlessness, and possibilities that too few will ultimately share. Manhattan Transfer was inspired in part by James Joyce’s ...
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    28,71 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    John Dos Passos
    John Dos Passos’ ground breaking novel Manhattan Transfer is a landmark literary achievement. The book attacks the consumerism and social indifference of contemporary American urban life, portraying a Manhattan that is merciless yet teeming with energy, restlessness, and possibilities that too few will ultimately share. Manhattan Transfer was inspired in part by James Joyce’s ...
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    18,30 €

  • Manhattan Transfer
    Donald Pizer / John Dos Passos
    This annotated edition of Manhattan Transfer provides the reader, in notes easily accessible at the bottom of the page, with the information necessary to grasp a fuller understanding of the novel’s dense rendering of its early 20th century New York setting. ...
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    43,93 €


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