Sinclair Lewis, Sinclair Lewis

Broschiertes Buch

Main Street

Beschreibung

The setting is Gopher Prairie, Minnesota. A young woman with high-class ideas and the ability to plan marries a doctor. She tries to remake the townspeople into her concept of the ideal town.

Autor

Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 - January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars.[1] He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade ... it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds." He has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a postage stamp in the Great Americans series.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 859g
• ISBN-13: 9781604244977
• ISBN-10: 1604244976
• Artikelnr.: 27878738