"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...

Sinclair Lewis' romantische, witzige, bissige Satire um eine junge Frau, die eine Kleinstadt im Mittelwesten aufrütteln will, gehört zum festen Bestand der modernen amerikansichen Literatur; sie eroberte Amerika im Sturm und machte ihren...

Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 in Minnesota. He attended Yale University and subsequently worked as a reporter and editor. In 1920, he had a major breakthrough with Main Street (1920), which was followed by Babbitt (1922) and many other...

"Arrowsmith" von Sinclair Lewis ist ein Roman, der die Geschichte von Martin Arrowsmith erzählt, einem idealistischen jungen Wissenschaftler und Arzt. Der Roman folgt Martins Karriereweg von seiner Ausbildung an der medizinischen...

BY THE AUTHOR OF IT CAN'T HAPPEN HEREBusinessman George F. Babbitt loves the latest appliances, making money and the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. But Babbitt comes to resent...

"Main Street" von Sinclair Lewis ist ein Roman, der das Leben in einer kleinen amerikanischen Stadt zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts kritisch beleuchtet. Die Protagonistin, Carol Kennicott, eine idealistische junge Frau aus der Stadt,...

The first mainstream book to attack conventional ideas about marriage, gender roles, and small town life, "Main Street" established Lewis as a major American novelist.

"Die Hauptstrasse: Carola Kennicotts Geschichte" von Sinclair Lewis ist ein Roman, der die Geschichte von Carol Kennicott erzählt, einer jungen und idealistischen Frau, die aus der Großstadt in die Kleinstadt Gopher Prairie in Minnesota...

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...

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon It 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...

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,...

"Die Benzinstation" ist ein 1919 erschienener Roman des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Sinclair Lewis. Der Originaltitel lautet "Free Air".Harry Sinclair Lewis (geboren 7. Februar 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; gestorben 10. Januar 1951...