It Can't Happen Here: With a new Afterword (Signet Classics)

"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 fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called "a message to thinking Americans" by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can't Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today's news. With an Introduction by Michael Meyer and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst EAN: 9780451465641 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 07.01.2014 Produktform: Kartoniert Autoren: Lewis, Sinclair Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 416 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Classics Keyword: summer reading;historical fiction;classic fiction;classic books;classic novels;anti trump gifts;classic literature;it can't happen here;it cant happen here;sinclair lewis;classics;classic;politics;political;dystopian;dystopia;dystopian fiction;literary;literature;alternate history;history;United States;america;american;american politics;fascism;totalitarianism;military;economics;patriots;democracy;freedom;timothy snyder;facism;political fiction;it can't happen here sinclair lewis Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Faschismus Fachkategorie: Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900~Klassische Belletristik~Historischer Roman~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik~Thriller / Spannung, Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus Imprint-Titels: Signet Verlag: Penguin LLC US Länge: 190 mm Breite: 108 mm Höhe: 27 mm Gewicht: 216 gr Genre: Importe