John Dos Passos

Martin Howe, a young American, volunteered in the medical service during World War I. It boils the ship in which it travels to France and the environment around it is festive, but very soon, Martin will live his learning of the fear and disasters of war.

Three soldiers are a novel that strongly criticizes militarism and portrays the generation of young Americans who, like the author himself, participated in World War I and saw their dreams trampled.

The young Dos Passos spent a season in Spain in the 1920s and took advantage of that trip to write some journalistic prints in which he was approaching Iberian reality. In their pages appear taverns, trade travelers, barrios, along with celebrities such as Pastora Imperio or Blasco Ibáñez. The reader may even accompany the novelist to the funeral of Galdós, or attend a conference of Valle-Inclán.

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The big money, the final book of the US trilogy of John Dos Passos, presents an America that lives the industrial boom of the post-war: the stock market emerges, Lindbergh makes its flight around the world, Henry Ford opens his car factory... From New York to Hollywood, between loving adventures and business covenants, the country is unfettered to the Great Depression of 1929.

First novel by the famous Trilogy USA in which John Dos Passos (1896-1970) drew the huge tapestry of American society from the early 20th century to the Great Depression.

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