Streets Of Night

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John Dos Passos

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Streets of Night is a novel by John Dos Passos, set in the early 1900s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and focuses on the lives of two college students, Fanshaw and Cham. The story revolves around their experiences with women, particularly with Phoebe Sweeting and her friend, both of whom are chorus girls. Cham convinces Fanshaw to accompany him on a double date with Phoebe and her friend, despite Fanshaw's reluctance. They spend the day together, canoeing, picnicking, and visiting a hotel. Fanshaw is uncomfortable with the situation, but Cham insists that everything is innocent and that the girls are respectable. As the day progresses, Fanshaw becomes more and more disillusioned with the world around him, feeling trapped by the expectations of his social class and the narrow-mindedness of his peers. He struggles to reconcile his own desires and values with the society in which he lives. The novel explores themes of class, gender, and sexuality, as well as the tension between tradition and modernity. It is a portrait of a particular time and place but also speaks to universal human experiences of love, loss, and disillusionment.

Author Biography:

John Rodrigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896-September 28, 1970) was born in Chicago and graduated from Harvard University. He was one of the great American authors and artists of the 20th century. After the trip to the Soviet Union, he started to move away from the Stalinist practises that he witnessed there. He was one of the first American authors to use the stream of consciousness technique, a combination of mixing historical artefacts with fictional characters that helps to create more realism and improve the understanding of the novel's historical importance. This method has been frequently copied and is a staple of modern stories. His famous works include Manhattan Transfer (1925), Three Soilders (1921), The Big Money (1936), and The 42nd Parallel (1930).

Release date NZ

January 3rd, 2023

Author

John Dos Passos

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

178

Dimensions

140x216x10

ISBN-13

9789357486026

Product ID

36640325

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