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pscot

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7. Dos Passos reminds me of a little Tolstoy

Reply to hermetic (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 12, 2017, 02:33 PM

Jan 2017

Without Tolstoy's vision of redemption. USA isn't really about any individual character. He's writing about the country and the idea of America; what it should be compared to what it is. He seems angry and disillusioned. His later conservatism can maybe be seen as reversion to the way he was brought up. He's a wonderful story teller.

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What are you reading this week of January 8, 2017? [View all] hermetic Jan 2017 OP

The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos pscot Jan 2017 #1

A true Renaissance man hermetic Jan 2017 #5

Dos Passos reminds me of a little Tolstoy pscot Jan 2017 #7

Still on The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund shenmue Jan 2017 #2

Just finished Faye Kellerman's "The Forgotten" a really good read. TexasProgresive Jan 2017 #3

Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Still reading japple Jan 2017 #4

It's quite the tale, I must say hermetic Jan 2017 #6