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An "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it.
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Manhattan transfer, John Dos Passos
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- Manhattan transfer
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Dos Passos
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0618381864
- ISBN13
- 9780618381869
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, USA, American Literature, New York, Loneliness, Modernism, Train Station, Stream of Consciousness
- Original title
- Manhatten transfer
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- An "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it.