Sinclair Lewis

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Babbitt

Beschreibung

Realising that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence and search for a greater purpose. In the economic boom years of 1920s' America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon.

Autor

Sinclair Lewis was an American playwright and novelist. Born in 1885, he received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1908 and published his first novel, Hike and the Aeroplane, in 1912. He published Babbitt, perhaps his most fanous work, in 1922 and in 1926 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Arrowsmith but rejected it. In 1930 he was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in Rome, in 1951, and his last novel World So Wide was published posthumously.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 131mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9780099264712
• ISBN-10: 0099264714
• Artikelnr.: 22364430