Manhattan Transfer
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451005779 (0451005775)
Publish date: January 1st 1960
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Manhattan Transfer fu pubblicato nel 1925, quando Dos Passos era ancora dalla parte di Sacco e Vanzetti. “Ciò che c’è di più tremendo a New York è che quando ne avete fin sopra i capelli, non sapete più in quale altro posto andare. È il tetto del mondo. La sola cosa che ci rimane è girare e girare...
I get what Dos Passos is doing in this novel and I get why it's important and I'm glad he wrote it. I'm just not that glad I read it.
I get what Dos Passos is doing in this novel and I get why it's important and I'm glad he wrote it. I'm just not that glad I read it.
Bustling, jumpy and intense. For me, Manhattan Transfer was a different reading experience than I'm used to, but in a good way! Looking deep into New York life, you never get a sense that you're standing still, in the moment. There's always things going on around the single bit of narrative you're r...
It really seemed readable back at uni; New York in the 20's is something I'm fascinated about. Problem is that I got really bored at some point while reading, a few years later. Maybe it just wasn't the time for it then.
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