The 42nd Parallel: Volume One of the U.S.A. Trilogy
John Dos Passos's The 42nd Parallel launches the U.S.A. trilogy, weaving fictional lives with documentary fragments to portray a nation on the brink of transformation.
About This Book
The 42nd Parallel is the opening installment of John Dos Passos's acclaimed U.S.A. trilogy.
The novel follows several characters whose lives intersect against the backdrop of a rapidly changing nation.
Dos Passos employs an innovative narrative style that blends fictional passages with contemporary newsreels and biographies.
The work offers a panoramic view of American society in the years leading up to the First World War.
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