| Author: | John Dos Passos | ISBN: | 9781504015493 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Distribution | Publication: | June 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Open Road Distribution | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Dos Passos |
| ISBN: | 9781504015493 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Distribution |
| Publication: | June 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Open Road Distribution |
| Language: | English |
In a novel that closely parallels author John Dos Passos’s own ideological struggles during the Spanish Civil War, protagonist Glenn Spotswood, an American, travels to Spain to fight on the Republican side. There, Spotswood joins the Communist Party to help establish a more just society, but his idealism quickly degrades under the stress of party orthodoxy and hypocrisy.
In a novel that closely parallels author John Dos Passos’s own ideological struggles during the Spanish Civil War, protagonist Glenn Spotswood, an American, travels to Spain to fight on the Republican side. There, Spotswood joins the Communist Party to help establish a more just society, but his idealism quickly degrades under the stress of party orthodoxy and hypocrisy.
