{"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","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/streets-of-night","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}