In the end you are fundamentally alone and no matter how much you would like to imagine that others could complete you or even just understand you, the saddest truth is that even this is far too much to ask.This is a painfully sad story, a realist novel told about First World War so pain is obligatory. ... (Trevor)BioJohn Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. During World War I, he was an ambulance driver for American volunteer groups in Paris and Italy, before joining the U.S. Army Medical Corps.In 1920, his first novel, One Mans Initiation 1917, was published, and in 1925, his novel Manhattan Transfer became a commercial success. His U.S.A. trilogy, which consists of the novels The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936), was ranked by the Modern Library in 1998 as 23rd of the 100 best Englishlanguage novels of the 20th century. Written in experimental, nonlinear form, the trilogy blends elements of biography and news reports to paint a landscape of early 20thcentury American culture.Beyond his writing, Dos Passos is known for his shift in political views. Following his experiences in World War I, he became interested in socialism and pacifism, which also influenced his...

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