false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171919100m/126587.jpg 126587 23 Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it. More than seventy-five years after its first publication, Manhattan Transfer still stands as "a novel of the very first importance" (Sinclair Lewis). It is a masterpeice of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to the dual-edged nature of the American dream. 1168729 1923 Manhattan Transfer: A Novel total:508|5:115|4:194|3:142|2:45|1:12| 508 1879 883 55 2 13 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 22:49:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 08:06:55 -0700 2009
”Manhattan Transfer is a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in the first two decades of the 20th century that follows the changing fortunes of more than a dozen characters as they strive to make sense out of the chaos of mod...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 24 11:13:29 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 08 09:02:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 12 15:56:07 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 15:56:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 10:23:56 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 18:35:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 04:39:29 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 04:49:31 -0800 2009
His literature is very and style throughout the book is a collage of what could only be described as city life flashing before...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 06:48:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 06:52:32 -0800 2008 2 1 false false Mon Sep 22 12:00:56 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 13:14:10 -0700 2008 4 0 true false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 22 16:52:54 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:00:38 -0700 2009 all the little dramas in other people's lives he gets glimpses of without knowing just what went before or just what will come after, the fragments of talk he overhears in the subway or on a streetcar, the letter ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 03 15:36:03 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 09:06:02 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 15:36:03 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Oct 04 15:21:07 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 11:54:43 -0700 2007
Manhattan Transfer recounts the lives of early twentieth century New Yorkers ... and that's pretty much as far as it goes.

I had problems with this book. The cover likens it to James Joyce's Ulysses...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 17:55:57 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:47:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 18:31:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:33:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 16 21:55:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 22:00:27 -0700 2009 i don't know how he sustains such gripping imagery over the course of the novel. just look at his descriptions of ellie, in any situation, or his love notes to tall bu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 17:13:46 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:16:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 28 09:34:22 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 13:42:16 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 09:34:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:09:15 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 09:35:45 -0700 2009 1 Manhattan Transfer is not a skimmer. It was chaotic, gritty and desolate; if a character was happy, it didn't last very long. Great book, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 17 10:41:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 10:43:48 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 18:31:15 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 18:36:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:46:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:49:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 05:31:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 05:34:07 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=126587