Manhattan Transfer

by John Dos Passos

Overview

Generally acknowledged to be Dos Passos' finest novel, MANHATTAN TRANSFER is a tapestry of many fragments of the New York scene. Characters appear and disappear like threads in a design, and, like any great composition, the whole is much more than the sum of its parts.

"Dos Passos displays his power, his architectonic ability, and a poetic sense of rhythms, color, sounds and smells." (Boston Transcript)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788868651404
Publisher:	Baldini&Castoldi
Publication date:	09/28/2013
Sold by:	eDigita
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	737 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

JOHN DOS PASSOS (1896-1970) is one of the most important modernist writers in American literature. Among his other works is the classic trilogy U.S.A., which comprises The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money.

Table of Contents

First Section
I. Ferryslip
II. Metropolis 
III. Dollars 
IV. Tracks
V. Steamroller

Second Section
I. Great Lady on a White Horse
II. Longlegged Jack of the Isthmus
III. Nine Days’ Wonder
IV. Fire Engine
V. Went to the Animals’ Fair
VI. Five Statutory Questions
VII. Rollercoaster 
VIII. One More River to Jordan

Third Section
I. Rejoicing City That Dwelt Carelessly
II. Nickelodeon 
III. Revolving Doors
IV. Skyscraper 
V. The Burthen of Nineveh