{"title":"Crowded streets, fractured lives, rewired history.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis John Dos Passos collection tracks a restless century as it speeds past storefronts, ship decks, cheap hotel rooms, and front lines, catching ordinary people mid‑stride while history rearranges their plans. From early bohemian tales to the sweeping, collage‑like panoramas of his major trilogies, his work cuts between voices, headlines, and private thoughts to show how big forces—war, money, media, ideals—keep colliding with small, stubborn hopes. The result is a bustling, jagged portrait of modern life, where no life is too minor to matter and no dream is entirely safe from the next turn in the road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rosinante-to-the-road-again","title":"Rosinante to the Road Again","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA journey through Spain in search of a gesture that means everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos's early masterpiece is a lyrical, impressionistic travelogue that blends fiction, literary criticism, and philosophical reflection. Published in 1922, it captures a young American writer's wandering journey through the Spanish countryside in search of something elusive—a gesture, an essence, a way of being that defies the machine-driven world he left behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe narrative follows two American travelers, Telemachus and Lyaeus, as they journey through Castile toward Toledo. Along the way, they encounter flamenco dancers in Madrid cafes, debate Spanish literature with local intellectuals, and observe the harsh realities of peasant life under a fading feudal order. Telemachus is searching for a \"gesture\"—a moment of pure, spontaneous expression he witnessed on his first night in Spain, when a dancer's sudden turn embodied everything he felt was missing from modern life. Lyaeus, his companion, quotes Jorge Manrique's medieval poetry and contemplates death with a kind of stoic grace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eInterspersed with the fictional narrative are portraits of Spain's greatest writers: Pío Baroja, Miguel de Unamuno, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Antonio Machado, and Jacinto Benavente. Dos Passos translates their poetry, analyzes their literary philosophies, and places them within the context of a nation grappling with industrialization, regional tensions, and the collapse of old certainties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Dos Passos at his most poetic and restless: a book about the collision between tradition and modernity, the loneliness of the traveler, and the impossible quest for authenticity in a world that seems to have lost its soul. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eRosinante to the Road Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is a window into the mind of a young writer who would go on to write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and the U.S.A. trilogy—and a love letter to a Spain that was about to be torn apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePublished in 1922, Dos Passos's first work of nonfiction following his antiwar novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA unique blend of travel writing, literary criticism, and fictional narrative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFeatures extended discussions of Spanish poets and novelists, including Antonio Machado, Pío Baroja, and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the longest journeys are the ones that never end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1896–1970) was a prominent American novelist, artist, and political thinker, best known for his U.S.A. trilogy—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 42nd Parallel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e*\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e1919\u003c\/span\u003e*\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Big Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e—a groundbreaking work of modernist fiction that employed experimental narrative techniques to depict the complexities of early twentieth-century American life. Born in Chicago, he was educated at Harvard and served as an ambulance driver during World War I, experiences that deeply influenced his early literary themes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eRosinante to the Road Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was written after his first two novels and reflects his love affair with Spain, a country he visited repeatedly throughout his life. Dos Passos's later work grew increasingly conservative, especially after the murder of his friend José Robles during the Spanish Civil War, a turning point that led to a break with Ernest Hemingway. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54684923363700,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54684923396468,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54684923429236,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54684923462004,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-rosinante-to-the-road-again-54004105544052.png?v=1779965582"},{"product_id":"streets-of-night","title":"Streets of Night","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eHe came to Harvard for truth. He found only the shadows of respectability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos's early novel is a haunting portrait of youthful disillusionment, set against the gilded, narrow streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the early 1900s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.br\/books?id=5T_YzwEACAAJ\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;redir_esc=y\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9789357486026\/Streets-Night-Passos-John-Dos-935748602X\/plp?cm_sp=plped-_-1-_-image\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. Published in 1923, it follows a young man's struggle to escape the suffocating expectations of his social class and find something resembling an authentic self.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFanshaw is a Harvard student, intelligent and sensitive, but trapped. He is caught between the world he was born into—a world of privilege, obligation, and polite conversation—and the world he secretly desires—a world of feeling, spontaneity, and dangerous honesty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. His friend Cham, more cynical and worldly, drags him into a double date with two chorus girls, Phoebe and her friend. A day of canoeing and picnicking should be innocent, but for Fanshaw, it becomes a crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.br\/books?id=5T_YzwEACAAJ\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;redir_esc=y\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9789357486026\/Streets-Night-Passos-John-Dos-935748602X\/plp?cm_sp=plped-_-1-_-image\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. He is disgusted by his own desires, terrified of the judgment of his peers, and painfully aware that the \"respectability\" he has been taught to value is a cage, not a shelter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe novel traces his relationship with women—particularly the elusive and tragic Nancibel Taylor—and his friendship with the doomed David Wendell, as he tries to reconcile the passion he feels with the paralysis of his environment \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/pesquisa.biblioteca.iscte-iul.pt\/record?id=oai:scholarship.rice.edu:1911\/89674\u0026amp;s=zQ4qG\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. The city of Boston itself, with its streets of night and its rigid Puritan conscience, becomes a character, pressing down on him from every side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in\/bitstream\/10603\/409193\/10\/chapter-v.pdf#5#3\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Dos Passos at his most introspective and lyrical: a novel about the failure of the individual in a materialistic society, the tension between tradition and modernity, and the quiet desperation of the young who sense they were born into the wrong world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in\/bitstream\/10603\/409193\/10\/chapter-v.pdf#5#3\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eStreets of Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is an overlooked early work, but one that contains the seeds of the great modernist experiments to come—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/pesquisa.biblioteca.iscte-iul.pt\/record?id=oai:scholarship.rice.edu:1911\/89674\u0026amp;s=zQ4qG\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePublished in 1923, Dos Passos's third novel, following \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOne Man's Initiation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eExplores themes of class, sexuality, disillusionment, and the suffocating weight of social expectation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAn essential early work for understanding the development of one of America's most innovative modernist writers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the brightest campuses can cast the darkest shadows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1896–1970) was a prominent American novelist, artist, and political thinker, best known for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 42nd Parallel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e1919\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Big Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e—a groundbreaking work of modernist fiction that employed experimental narrative techniques to depict the complexities of early twentieth-century American life. Born in Chicago, he graduated from Harvard University in 1916, an experience that deeply shaped the setting and themes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eStreets of Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.br\/books?id=5T_YzwEACAAJ\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;redir_esc=y\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9789357486026\/Streets-Night-Passos-John-Dos-935748602X\/plp?cm_sp=plped-_-1-_-image\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. He was one of the first American authors to use the stream-of-consciousness technique, blending historical artifacts with fictional characters to create a new kind of realism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.br\/books?id=5T_YzwEACAAJ\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;redir_esc=y\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. His famous works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1925) and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54686846910836,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54686846943604,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54686846976372,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54686847009140,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-streets-of-night-54012815671668.png?v=1779965580"},{"product_id":"manhattan-transfer","title":"Manhattan Transfer","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe city is the hero. Everyone else is just passing through.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos's masterpiece is a symphony of modern urban life—a novel that captures the noise, chaos, ambition, and loneliness of New York City in the early twentieth century. Hailed as \"the first truly modern novel to appear in America,\" it remains a landmark of experimental fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThere is no single protagonist. Instead, Dos Passos weaves together the stories of dozens of characters—immigrants and heirs, actors and architects, sailors and socialites, bankers and bums—as they drift through the streets, subways, speakeasies, and flophouses of Manhattan. Ellen Thatcher, a beautiful and ambitious actress, climbs from chorus girl to Broadway star, leaving a trail of broken marriages behind her. Jimmy Herf, a disillusioned journalist, watches the American Dream curdle into cynicism. Bud Korpenning, a young man from the country, arrives with hope and ends his life on a park bench. George Baldwin, a ruthless lawyer, rises to power through manipulation and compromise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe novel moves in fragments: newspaper headlines, advertising slogans, snatches of song, moments of violence, whispered conversations. Time jumps. Perspectives shift. The city itself—its bridges, its skyscrapers, its rivers, its crowds—becomes the only character who never leaves and never changes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Dos Passos at his most innovative and lyrical: a novel about the fragmentation of modern life, the illusion of progress, and the loneliness of the individual in a city of millions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is not a novel about New York. It is New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePublished in 1925, Dos Passos's breakthrough novel, praised by Sinclair Lewis and Ernest Hemingway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA major influence on the modernist novel, using techniques of montage, collage, and multiple perspectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eNamed by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the city never sleeps, and neither do the ghosts of those who tried to love it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1896–1970) was a prominent American novelist, artist, and political thinker, best known for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 42nd Parallel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e1919\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Big Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e—a groundbreaking work of modernist fiction that employed experimental narrative techniques to depict the complexities of early twentieth-century American life. Born in Chicago, he graduated from Harvard University in 1916. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1925) was his fourth novel, written after his return from Europe and his disillusionment with the post-World War I world. The novel was a critical and commercial success, establishing Dos Passos as a leading voice of his generation. His later work grew increasingly conservative, especially after the murder of his friend José Robles during the Spanish Civil War, a turning point that led to a break with Ernest Hemingway. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54690398732660,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54690398765428,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54690398798196,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54690398830964,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/Manhattan_Transfer_52739d5f-aeb1-4342-a999-f8403b0717ad.png?v=1780234366"},{"product_id":"three-soldiers","title":"Three Soldiers","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThey went to fight for democracy. 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Born in Chicago, he graduated from Harvard University in 1916. After graduation, he volunteered as an ambulance driver in World War I, serving in France and Italy. The brutal realities of war shattered his idealism and shaped the bitter, disillusioned tone of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. The novel was an immediate success, establishing Dos Passos as a leading voice of the Lost Generation. His other major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1925) and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54690403352948,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54690403385716,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54690403418484,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54690403451252,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/Three_Soldiers.png?v=1780053308"},{"product_id":"one-mans-initiation-1917","title":"One Man's Initiation—1917","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eHe went to war to find himself. He found only the wreckage of everything he believed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos's first novel is a raw, impressionistic account of a young American's disillusionment during World War I—a journey from naive idealism to weary horror, told in prose that owes as much to poetry as to journalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eMartin Howe, a young American artist, volunteers for the ambulance service in France before the United States enters the war. He is eager, idealistic, certain that he is on the side of civilization against barbarism. He expects adventure, meaning, a chance to prove himself. What he finds is mud, boredom, bureaucratic stupidity, and the endless, senseless slaughter of young men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eHe drives his ambulance through ruined villages. He carries the wounded and the dying. He listens to soldiers who have lost everything—limbs, minds, hope. He meets a French poet who recites verses in a dugout while shells explode overhead. He falls into a brief affair with a woman who is as lost as he is. Slowly, the idealism drains away. What remains is exhaustion, disgust, and the dawning realization that the war has no purpose except to continue itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Dos Passos at his most lyrical and angry: a novel about the death of innocence, the failure of words to capture horror, and the transformation of a young man who went to war believing in something and came back believing in nothing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePublished in 1920, Dos Passos's debut novel, written while he was still in his early twenties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA semi-autobiographical work based on Dos Passos's own experiences as an ambulance driver in France and Italy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA stylistic precursor to the experimental techniques he would perfect in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the first step into adulthood is often the step that breaks you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1896–1970) was a prominent American novelist, artist, and political thinker, best known for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 42nd Parallel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e1919\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Big Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. 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Published in 1930, it introduced a revolutionary narrative technique that blended fiction, biography, journalism, and poetry into a new kind of novel: the novel as collective history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe novel follows a dozen characters as they drift across the American landscape—from Chicago to New York, from San Francisco to Mexico. There is Mac, a young printer who becomes a radical labor organizer. There is Janey, a stenographer who dreams of a better life. There is J. Ward Moorehouse, a smooth-talking public relations man who rises through manipulation and charm. There is Eleanor Stoddard, a decorator who will do anything to climb the social ladder. There is Ben Compton, a lawyer who defends the poor and is crushed by the system. Their stories intersect and diverge, their lives shaped by forces they cannot control: economic depression, labor unrest, the rise of industrial capitalism, and the distant rumble of a war that will soon engulf them all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eInterspersed with their stories are the \"Newsreels\"—fragments of newspaper headlines, advertising slogans, and popular songs that capture the noise of the era. There are the \"Camera Eye\" sections—impressionistic, autobiographical passages written in a lyrical prose poetry. And there are the biographical sketches of American icons: Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, William Jennings Bryan, Andrew Carnegie, Thorstein Veblen, and others who shaped the nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Dos Passos at his most ambitious and innovative: a novel that refuses to focus on a single hero, insisting instead that the true hero is the nation itself—its dreams, its failures, its contradictions, and its people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in 1930, the first volume of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy, followed by \u003c\/span\u003e*\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e1919\u003c\/span\u003e*\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1932) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Big Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1936)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eNamed by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA landmark of modernist fiction, employing techniques of montage, collage, and multiple perspectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the story of America cannot be told by one voice, but only by a chorus of the lost, the forgotten, and the damned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1896–1970) was a prominent American novelist, artist, and political thinker, best known for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 42nd Parallel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e*\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e1919\u003c\/span\u003e*\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Big Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. Born in Chicago, he graduated from Harvard University in 1916. After serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, he became one of the leading voices of the Lost Generation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 42nd Parallel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was his fifth novel, following \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOne Man's Initiation—1917\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1920), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1921), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eStreets of Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1923), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1925). The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e trilogy took him nearly a decade to complete and is widely considered his masterpiece. His later work grew increasingly conservative, especially after the Spanish Civil War. 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