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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

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 a novel written by John Dos Passos, first published in 1921. The story is set during World War I and follows the lives of three American soldiers: John Andrews, Dan Fuselli, and Chrisfield. The novel begins with John Andrews, a naive and idealistic young man... Read Full Overview

Three Soldiers is a novel by John Dos Passos, first published in 1921. Set during World War I, the book follows three American soldiers - John Andrews, Dan Fuselli, and Chrisfield - as they navigate the harsh realities of military life and the horrors of war. The novel is a critique... Read Full Overview

Three Soldiers is a novel written by John Dos Passos, first published in 1921. The book is set during World War I and follows the experiences of three American soldiers: John Andrews, Dan Fuselli, and Chrisfield. The story begins with John Andrews, a young idealistic artist who... Read Full Overview

H.L. Mencken, then practising primarily as an American literary critic, praised the book in the pages of The Smart Set: "Until Three Soldiers is forgotten and fancy achieves its inevitable victory over fact, no war story can be written in the United States... Read Full Overview