About the Author: Sinclair Lewis
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930 "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H.L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade...it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds."
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Sinclair Lewis
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Paperback, Published in Jan 1984 by Livre de Poche
ISBN10: 2253033596 | ISBN13: 9782253033592
Page count: 472
Le heros de ce livre, George F. Babbitt, un agent immobilier de renom, vit a Zenith, une petite ville du Midwest. Riche, bavard, il a un avis sur tout et se targue d etre un citoyen modele. Mais un jour, une terrible angoisse le saisit: cette vie passee a arnaquer la veuve et l orphelin et a diner avec des petits bourgeois bien-pensants ne serait-elle pas vaine ? D une plume sarcastique sans jamais etre mechante, Sinclair Lewis decrit le pouvoir de seduction de la societe de consommation naissante, de l american way of life . Lire ou relire Babbitt aujourd hui, c est penetrer le systeme capitaliste, ses pieges et ses failles.Dans un style d une allegresse caustique, Sinclair Lewis atteint les sommets de l humour en faisant, a travers un fils de l Oncle Sam cuirasse par ses principes, l irresistible portrait d un notable englue dans une forme de mediocrite et qui tente de s en evader. Linda Le, Le Magazine litteraire."
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