Eso no puede pasar aquí es una sátira política en la que se describe la América rural y provinciana que surge tras el crac bursátil de 1929. Los personajes y los hechos que se relatan en la novela son como juegos de espejos de los reales en una América en la que Roosevelt pierde las elecciones presidenciales, y un partido totalitario toma el poder en un momento decisivo de la historia del siglo xx, con el auge de los totalitarismos en Europa y el New Deal aún sin terminar de implantarse. La novela cuenta la historia del director de un periódico de Vermont, Doremus Jessup, y de su oposición al candidato a la presidencia Buzz Windrip, quien detrás de un discurso populista y demagógico, sustentado por los supuestos ideales americanos, oculta su verdadera intención de crear una sociedad totalitaria a imagen de las europeas pero con rasgos norteamericanos. El libro incluye un detallado glosario realizado por Amaya Bozal en el que deconstruyendo el juego de espejos podemos apreciar la gran variedad de nombres, hechos y fechas que hacen de esta novela casi una historia subterránea y contracultural de los EEUU. Cuando Sinclair Lewis escribió Eso no puede pasar aquí tenía buenas razones para creer que lo que oía, veía o leía podía acabar como esta fábula fascista en el país de la Libertad.
Sinclair Lewis Libros
Este galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura es célebre por su vigoroso y gráfico arte de la descripción y su habilidad para crear nuevos tipos de personajes con ingenio y humor. Sus obras ofrecen visiones perspicaces y críticas del capitalismo y el materialismo estadounidenses de entreguerras. También es respetado por sus sólidas caracterizaciones de mujeres trabajadoras modernas. Su enfoque de la escritura ha sido descrito como un 'tornado pelirrojo de las tierras salvajes de Minnesota', lo que refleja su estilo enérgico y vívido.







Minnesota Diary, 1942-46
- 320 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
This book is distributed by the University of Nebraska Press on behalf of the University of Idaho Press, indicating a collaborative effort in publishing. It likely features academic or regional content relevant to Idaho or its surrounding areas, emphasizing the importance of local scholarship and research.
Our. Mr Wrenn
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
The protagonist, Mr. Wrenn, is a pacifist yearning for adventure beyond his mundane job. After receiving a small inheritance, he embarks on a brief journey that challenges his timid nature, culminating in a fistfight with a bully. This transformative experience leads him to form new friendships and meet Nelly upon his return to New York. The novel explores themes of self-discovery and personal growth against the backdrop of early 20th-century society.
Cass Timberlane - A Novel of Husbands and Wives
- 594 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
Set in a small Minnesota town, the novel delves into complex themes of love, marriage, heartache, trust, and redemption. Written later in Sinclair Lewis's career, it offers a poignant exploration of relationships and personal growth. This classic work is being republished in an affordable, high-quality edition, preserving the original text and artwork, making it accessible to contemporary readers.
Carol Kennicott's aspirations for transforming the small town of Gopher Prairie clash with the conservative attitudes of its residents. As a recent college graduate, she arrives with hopes of urban improvement, only to face resistance and ridicule from the narrow-minded locals. Her struggle embodies the tension between progressive ideals and traditional values, highlighting the challenges of fitting into a community that is resistant to change.
If I Were Boss
- 408 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
Makes available for the first time since their original publication some eighty years ago a collection of fifteen of Sinclair Lewis's early business stories. Among Lewis's funniest satires, these stories introduce the characters, themes, and techniques that would evolve into Babbitt. Each selection reflects the commercial culture of Lewis's day.
Free Air
- 336 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
This 1919 road trip novel follows a New York socialite on a cross-country drive. But the greatest distance to surmount is the class divide between her and her suitor, a small-town mechanic.
A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring and wickedly funny portrait of a man who resigns from the white race. When Neil Kingsblood a typical middle-American banker with a comfortable life makes the shocking discovery that he has African-American blood, the odyssey that ensues creates an unforgettable portrayal of two Americas, one black, one white.As timely as when it was first published in 1947, one need only open today's newspaper to see the same issues passionately being discussed between blacks and whites that we find in Kingsblood Royal , says Charles Johnson. Perhaps only now can we fully appreciate Sinclair Lewis's astonishing achievement.
Elmer Gantry
- 496 páginas
- 18 horas de lectura
Sinclair Lewis’ world-famous satire of religious hypocrisy and the excesses of the Roaring ʼ20s. Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be “invited” to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of a golden-tongued evangelist who rises to power within his church—a saver of souls who lives a life of duplicity, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence—is also the record of a period, a reign of grotesque vulgarity, which but for Lewis would have left no trace of itself. Elmer Gantry has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since the works of Voltaire. With an introduction by Jason Stevens

