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Part of the generation that produced Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos wrote one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. Three Soldiers portrays the lives of a trio of army privates: Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco;... Read Full Overview

John Dos Passos's second novel, Three Soldiers, was published in 1921 after many rejections from publishers and censorship squabbles. The novel, which was hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication, stands as one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening. On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking. At the other side of the wide... Read Full Overview

John Dos Passos was an American writer and artist who served as a member of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps in Paris and Italy during World War I. Passos was a prolific author and wrote classics in many genres.Three Soldiers, published in 1921, is a war novel centering... Read Full Overview

This grimly realistic depiction of army life follows a trio of idealists as they contend with the regimentation, violence, and boredom of military service. Incited past the point of endurance, the soldiers respond with rancor and murderous rage. This powerful exploration of warfare's... Read Full Overview

Three Soldiers is a novel written by John Dos Passos and published in 1921. The story revolves around three American soldiers, John Andrews, Dan Fuselli, and Chrisfield, who are sent to fight in World War I. The novel portrays the harsh realities of war and its impact on the... Read Full Overview

Three Soldiers is one of the major American war novels of the First World War, and remains a classic of the realist war novel genre. This powerful exploration of warfare's dehumanizing effects remains chillingly contemporary. This grimly realistic depiction of army life follows... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview