The 42nd Parallel
by John Dos Passos
Taste attributes: historicaldramapoliticalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentarycomplex relationshiptroubled leads
Boxlist takeRealistic and heavy: a moving historical novel, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.3 / 5
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About This Book
This is the first novel of Dos Passos's trilogy, U.S.A., which covers the years between 1900 to 1914. "The individual episodes and the characterization, the setting and the commentaries, are in themselves less important than the effectiveness of the entire book and the trilogy. Dos Passos employs with skill the modernist techniques that were coming into fashion during the first decades of the century.
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- Author
- John Dos Passos
- Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 415
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