Eine amerikanische Tragödie /
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
Eine amerikanische Tragödie / von Theodore Dreiser; [aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt von Marianne Schön]. - Berlin : Aufbau-Verlag, 1962. - 908 S. ; 20 cm. - Bibliothek der Weltliteratur .
This novel tracks the process by which an ordinary young man is capable of committing a ruthless murder, and the further process by which social and political forces come into play after his arrest. In Clyde Griffiths, the impoverished, restless offspring of a family of street preachers, we see a portrait of a man whose circumstances and dreams of self-betterment conspire to pull him toward an act of unforgivable violence.
American fiction
Triangles(Interpersonal relations)--Fiction
New York (State)--Fiction
Trials (Murder)--Fiction
Eine amerikanische Tragödie / von Theodore Dreiser; [aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt von Marianne Schön]. - Berlin : Aufbau-Verlag, 1962. - 908 S. ; 20 cm. - Bibliothek der Weltliteratur .
This novel tracks the process by which an ordinary young man is capable of committing a ruthless murder, and the further process by which social and political forces come into play after his arrest. In Clyde Griffiths, the impoverished, restless offspring of a family of street preachers, we see a portrait of a man whose circumstances and dreams of self-betterment conspire to pull him toward an act of unforgivable violence.
American fiction
Triangles(Interpersonal relations)--Fiction
New York (State)--Fiction
Trials (Murder)--Fiction