Bøger af Sinclair Lewis

Hvad ville der ske, hvis USA fik en diktator? DET SKER IKKE HERHJEMME fra 1935 er en forudseende og advarende roman, der påviser, at det kan ske. I 1936 stiller Bezelius ?Buzz? Windrip op som demokratisk præsidentkandidat med lovning om at genoprette USA som et stolt og rigt land med velstand og fremgang. Han advokerer for patriotisme og traditionelle amerikanske værdier og slår let sine modstandere - heriblandt den siddende præsident Franklin D. Roosevelt. DET SKER IKKE HERHJEMME fortælles gennem øjnene på den liberale journalist Doremus Jessup, der følger Windrips vej til præsidentposten og siden modarbejder hans regime ved at arbejde for undergrundsavisen Vermont Vigilance. DET SKER IKKE HERHJEMME var oprindeligt en kommentar til fascismens fremgang i Europa - Præsident Windrip tager på Hitler- og SS-maner total kontrol over regeringen - men romanen er i 2016 af flere medier blevet udråbt til ?romanen, der forudså Trump?. ?Det sker ikke herhjemme er en herlig genopdagelse. En fræk krydsning af besk satire og bekymret dystopi ... Skrevet med næb og klør og salt og peber - og med en sociologisk fantasi, hvor djævlen ligger i detaljen.? - Hans Hertel, Politiken ?I Sinclair Lewis? Det sker ikke herhjemme indgår en antihelt, som indsamler støtte hos vrede vælgere ved at gøre brug af urostiftende retorik, populistiske skrækkampagner og antimexicanske følelser. Lyder det bekendt?? - Guardian ?Dette er ikke bare Lewis? vigtigste bog men en af de vigtigste bøger, dette land nogensinde har produceret.? - New York Times

';The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump's authoritarian appeal.'SalonIt Can't Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called ';a message to thinking Americans' by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can't Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today's news.Includes an Introduction by Michael Meyerandan Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

With an afterword by E. L. Doctorow-the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man's pursuit of intellectual freedom in the face of ignorance and corruption, from the author of BabbitArrowsmith, the most widely read of Sinclair Lewis's novels, is the incisive portrait of a man passionately devoted to science. As a bright, curious boy in a small Midwestern town, Martin Arrowsmith spends his free time in old Doc Vickerson's office avidly devouring medical texts. Destined to become a physician and a researcher, he discovers that societal forces of ignorance, greed, and corruption can be as life-threatening as the plague. Part satire, part morality tale, Lewis's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel illuminates the mystery and power of science while giving enduring life to a singular American hero's struggle for integrity and intellectual freedom in a small-minded world.With an Introduction by Sally E. Parry and an Afterword by E. L. Doctorow

Realising that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence and search for a greater purpose. In the economic boom years of 1920s' America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon.

Sinclair Lewis' roman "Babbitt" er en formidabel satire over amerikansk liv og kultur i 1920'erne med store lighedspunkter til idag. Babbitt er ejendomsmægler og har opnået alt det en amerikaner drømmer om, bil med forkromede cylindre og elektrisk vækkeur, men alligevel er der noget der gnaver. Bogens satiriske højdepunkt indtræffer, da Babbitt skal holde talen ved ejendomsmæglernes årlige kongres - her lykkes det ham, at få alle overbevist om, at uden ejendomsmæglere ville samfundet gå neden om og hjem: "-er det ikke os der skaffer erhvervslivet deres bygninger? kunne de producere uden os? hvor skal arbejderene bo, hvis ikke vi skaffede dem boliger osv osv"Idag stiller bogen det ubehagelige spørgsmål: Er vi egentlig kommet så meget videre??

Kun Frederick William Cornplow saa kuulla poikansa joutuneen sairaalaan, hän lähtee vähin äänin kertomatta vaimolleen Hazelille tai tytär Saralle. Howardille ei onneksi ole sattunut mitään vakavaa: poju on vain joutunut pieneen vaunuonnettomuuteen lakkoon osallistuessaan mutta selvinnyt vähin naarmuin. Isästä pojan ja tämän ylioppilaskavereiden touhut ovat päättömiä: miksi kukaan haluaisi laukoa ääneen mielipiteitään Rooseveltista tai Venäjästä, saati backgammonista? Isä itse kokee olevansa epäpoliittinen: hän ei mieti työväkeä, hän ainoastaan käyttää sitä. Howardin ja isän ajatukset ovat törmäyskurssilla pahemman kerran, eikä ristiriita tunnu heltiävän vanhempien ja lasten välillä.Hemmotellun opiskelijapoika Howardin kommunismiflirttailu ärsyttää keskiluokkaisia vanhempia 1930-luvun Yhdysvaltoihin sijoittuvassa satiirisen pisteliäässä romaanissa, jonka pilkka osuu useampiin poliittisiin suuntiin. Synkeänhauska teos jäi Sinclair Lewisin viimeiseksi.Yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) palkittiin Nobelilla vuonna 1930. Hän työskenteli myös toimittajana. Lewis kuvasi teoksissaan amerikkalaisten pikkukaupunkien asukkaita ja erityisesti uudenlaisia, kodin ulkopuolella työskenteleivä naisia.

Dieses klassische Buch wurde ursprünglich vor Jahrzehnten veröffentlicht als Main Street . Es wurde jetzt von Writat für seine deutschsprachigen Leser ins Deutsche übersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen Erbes der Vergangenheit sehr am Herzen. Wir haben dieses Buch ins Deutsche übersetzt, damit es heutige und zukünftige Generationen lesen und bewahren können.

Discover the intoxicating world of ""Tender is the Night"" by F.Scott Fitzgerald, a captivating novel that unravels the glitter anddespair of the Jazz Age. Set against the backdrop of the FrenchRiviera's glamorous social scene, this masterpiece tells the storyof the charming and talented psychiatrist Dick Diver and hisbeautiful, troubled wife, Nicole.As they navigate a world of luxury, their perfect facade begins tocrack, revealing the fragile nature of love, ambition, and sanity.Fitzgerald, with his exquisite prose and sharp insight, delves intothe depths of human psyche and the high price of living a life ofdecadence.""Tender is the Night"" is not just a novel, it's a journey throughthe rise and fall of a man, the disintegration of a marriage, andthe unrelenting pursuit of the American Dream. This book, fromthe author of ""The Great Gatsby,"" is a must-read for anyonewho cherishes the beauty of a well-crafted story. Immerseyourself in the elegance, opulence, and tragedy of Dick andNicole Diver's world in ""Tender is the Night,"" a timeless tale thatremains as relevant and compelling today as when it was firstpublished.

Main Street is the story of an idealistic young woman's that attempts to reform her small town. It remains one of the essential texts of the American scene. "In Main Street an American had at last written of our life with something of the intellectual rigor and critical detachment that had seemed so cruel and unjustified, Young people had grown up in this environment, suffocated, stultified, helpless, but unable to find any reason for their spiritual discomfort. Mr. Lewis released them." - Lewis Mumford

THE towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beautifully office-buildings. The mist took pity on the fretted structures of earlier generations: the Post Office with its shingle-tortured mansard, the red brick minarets of hulking old houses, factories with stingy and sooted windows, wooden tenements colored like mud.

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Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonist, the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a successful Methodist minister despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions.Elmer Gantry was first published in the United States by Harcourt Trade Publishers in March 1927, dedicated by Lewis to the American journalist and satirist H. L. Mencken. The novel tells the story of a young, narcissistic, womanizing college athlete who abandons his early ambition to become a lawyer. The legal profession does not suit the unethical Gantry. After college, he attends a Baptist seminary and is ordained as a Baptist minister. While managing to cover up certain sexual indiscretions, he is thrown out of the seminary before completing his BD because he is too drunk to turn up at a church where he is supposed to preach. After several years as a travelling salesman of farm equipment, he becomes manager for Sharon Falconer, an itinerant evangelist. Gantry becomes her lover, but loses both her and his position when she is killed in a fire at her new tabernacle. After this catastrophe, he briefly acts as a "New Thought" evangelist, and eventually becomes a Methodist minister. He marries well and eventually obtains a large congregation in Lewis's fictional Midwestern city of Zenith. During his career, Gantry contributes to the downfall, physical injury, and even death of key people around him, including a sincere minister, Frank Shallard, who is plagued by doubt. Especially ironic is the way he champions love, an emotion he seems incapable of, in his sermons, preaches against ambition, when he himself is so patently ambitious, and organizes crusades against (mainly sexual) immorality, when he has difficulty resisting sexual temptation himself. On publication in 1927, Elmer Gantry created a public furor. The book was banned in Boston and other cities and denounced from pulpits across the United States. One cleric suggested that Lewis should be imprisoned for five years, and there were also threats of physical violence against the author. Evangelist Billy Sunday called Lewis "Satan's cohort".However, the book was a commercial success. It was the best-selling work of fiction in America for the year 1927, according to Publishers Weekly.Mark Schorer, then of the University of California, Berkeley, notes: "The forces of social good and enlightenment as presented in Elmer Gantry are not strong enough to offer any real resistance to the forces of social evil and banality." Schorer also says that, while researching the book, Lewis attended two or three church services every Sunday while in Kansas City, and that: "He took advantage of every possible tangential experience in the religious community." The result is a novel that satirically represents the religious activity of America in evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s toward it.Shortly after the publication of Elmer Gantry, H. G. Wells published a widely syndicated newspaper article called "The New American People", in which he largely based his observations of American culture on Lewis' novels.Elmer Gantry appears as a minor character in two later, lesser-known Lewis novels: The Man Who Knew Coolidge and Gideon Planish. George Babbitt, the namesake of one of Lewis' best-known novels, appears in Elmer Gantry very briefly during an encounter at the Zenith Athletic Club. (wikipedia.org)

Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt was influential in the decision to award Lewis the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930. The word "Babbitt" entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards".

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.

The Job is a novel written by Sinclair Lewis that explores the life of a young man named Aloysius ""Al"" Timberman. The story is set in the early 1900s and follows Al as he navigates his way through various jobs and social situations in pursuit of success and happiness.Al begins his journey as a college student, but soon drops out to pursue a career in advertising. He quickly rises through the ranks and becomes a successful ad man, but finds himself unfulfilled and disillusioned with the corporate world. He quits his job and embarks on a series of odd jobs, including working as a dishwasher and a door-to-door salesman.Throughout the novel, Al struggles with his identity and his place in the world. He is torn between his desire for material success and his longing for something more meaningful. He also grapples with issues of class and social status, as he comes from a working-class background but aspires to be part of the upper echelons of society.The Job is a poignant and thought-provoking novel that offers a compelling portrait of a young man's journey through life. It explores themes of ambition, identity, and the American Dream, and offers a commentary on the social and economic realities of early 20th century America.This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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"Babbitt," penned by the incomparable Sinclair Lewis, stands as a luminous jewel in the crown of American literature, a masterful exploration of the human condition within the bustling backdrop of 1920s Midwest America. Lewis's narrative prowess shines brilliantly in this poignant and satirical examination of George F. Babbitt, a quintessential everyman whose life becomes a canvas upon which the complexities of societal expectations, conformity, and the quest for self-discovery are masterfully painted.The novel unfurls in the bustling metropolis of Zenith, a Midwestern city emblematic of the rapidly changing landscape of 20th-century America. Babbitt, the titular protagonist, is an emblematic figure-a prosperous and ostensibly content real estate broker navigating the tumultuous waters of the American Dream. His story becomes a captivating odyssey through the labyrinths of middle-class aspirations, familial expectations, and the unrelenting pursuit of material success.Babbitt, the character, is a fascinating study in contradictions. On the surface, he epitomizes the archetypal successful businessman-a stalwart pillar of the community, a member of various clubs, and an advocate for civic engagement. However, beneath this veneer of respectability lies a profound discontent. Lewis, with surgical precision, dissects Babbitt's psyche, revealing the yearning for authenticity beneath the layers of societal conformity.The novel's brilliance lies in Lewis's ability to render Babbitt not as a mere caricature but as a deeply human and flawed individual. As Babbitt grapples with the disquieting realization that his life lacks true purpose and meaning, readers are invited to join him on an introspective journey. Lewis deftly navigates the intricacies of Babbitt's internal struggle, creating a protagonist whose vulnerabilities resonate universally.Moreover, "Babbitt" transcends its temporal setting, its relevance echoing through the corridors of time. Lewis's astute observations on the perils of conformity, the seduction of materialism, and the quest for individual identity resonate with astonishing clarity in contemporary society. The novel serves as a mirror reflecting the perennial tension between societal expectations and the innate human desire for authenticity and self-determination.Lewis's prose is a tapestry woven with a myriad of emotions-humor, satire, and an undercurrent of melancholy. His vivid descriptions bring Zenith to life, a city pulsating with the rhythm of progress and change, mirroring the zeitgeist of the Roaring Twenties. Through Babbitt's encounters with a colorful array of characters, Lewis paints a rich tableau of American life, exploring the collision of tradition and modernity with remarkable finesse.As Babbitt's journey unfolds, readers are confronted with profound questions about the nature of happiness, the price of conformity, and the perennial quest for authenticity. Lewis, a literary maestro, orchestrates this narrative symphony with precision, crafting a timeless masterpiece that transcends its era and speaks to the very heart of the human experience.In the grand tapestry of American literature, "Babbitt" stands as a testament to Sinclair Lewis's unparalleled ability to dissect the intricacies of the human soul and societal structures. It is a magnum opus that invites readers to ponder the timeless dilemmas faced by individuals in their pursuit of the elusive American Dream. Imbued with insight, wit, and a profound understanding of the human condition, "Babbitt" remains an enduring beacon, beckoning readers to explore the labyrinthine corridors of self-discovery and authenticity.

Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a des décennies sous le titre " Main Street . Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour leurs lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par la préservation du patrimoine littéraire du passé. Nous avons traduit ce livre en français afin que les générations présentes et futures puissent le lire et le conserver.

Arrowsmith tells the story of bright and scientifically minded Martin Arrowsmith of Elk Mills, Winnemac, as he makes his way from a small town in the Midwest to the upper echelons of the scientific community at a prestigious foundation in New York City. Along the way he begins medical school. He becomes engaged to one woman, cheats on her with another woman, becomes engaged to the second woman and then finally invites both women to a lunch to settle the issue. Frustrated with the work, he moves on to a job as a public health official in Iowa, then becomes romantically involved with the young daughter of its local director. The book's climax deals with Arrowsmith's discovery of a phage that destroys bacteria and his experiences as he faces an outbreak of bubonic plague on a fictional Caribbean island.His scientific principles demand that he avoid its mass use on the Island until thoroughly tested, Even at the expense of lives that might be saved. Only after his wife, Leora, and all the other people who came with him from the institute to the island die of plague, does he reluctantly abandon rigorous science and begins to treat everyone on the island with the phage. While there he becomes romantically involved with a wealthy socialite, whom he later marries. In spite of his life- saving, he regards his actions on the island as a complete betrayal of science and his principles. Upon his return to New York he is heralded as a public hero for his actions on the island. The book was popular and awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1926 which was refused by Sinclair Lewis. He was later to win the Nobel Prize for Literature-which he accepted.

The first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tries to bring culture to the small town. But her efforts to reform the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, conventionality, pitifully unambitious cultural endeavors, and-worst of all-the pettiness and bigotry of small-town minds.Lewis's portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism. His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make Main Street a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature.

It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. The novel was published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, which was reported on by Dorothy Thompson, Lewis' wife. The novel describes the rise of Berzelius Buzz Windrip, a demagogue who is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and traditional values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of European fascists such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle against it as part of a liberal rebellion. It Can't Happen Here remains uniquely important, a shockingly prescient novel that's as fresh and contemporary as today's news.