<span>With such varied correspondents as T. S. Eliot, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell, for nearly forty years George Orwell wrote and received the letters that are now collected together in A Life in Letters, edited with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics. Personal as wel
U.S.A. (Penguin Modern Classics)
โ Scribed by John Dos Passos
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 1485
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
In this experimental trilogy, Dos Passos uses "camera eye" and "newsreel" sections to create a fragmented atmosphere. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, he builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century.
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