{"product_id":"american-earthquake-9780374515072","title":"American Earthquake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e amply conveys the astonishing breadth of Edmund Wilson's talent, provides an unparalleled vision of one of the most troubling periods in American history, and, perhaps inadvertently, offers a self-portrait comparable to \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During a twelve-month period in 1930 and 1931, Edmund Wilson wrote a series of lengthy articles which he then collected in a book called \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jitters: A Year of the Slump\u003c\/i\u003e. The resulting chronicle was hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as the best reporting that the period of depression has brought forth in the United States, and forms the heart of the present volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose that is by turns dramatic and naturalistic, inflammatory and evocative, satirical and droll, Wilson painted an unforgettable portrait of a time when the whole structure of American society seemed actually to be going to pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e bookends this chronicle with a collection of Wilson's non-literary articles-including criticism, reportage, and some fiction-from the years of The Follies, 1923-1928, and the dawn of the New Deal, 1932-1934. During this period, Wilson had grown from a little-known journalist to one of the most important American literary and social critics of the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-748739\"\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374515072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374515077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1972) was a novelist, memoirist, playwright, journalist, poet, and editor but it is as a literary critic that he is most highly regarded. His more than twenty books include \u003ci\u003eAxel's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatriotic Gor\u003c\/i\u003ee, \u003ci\u003eTo the Finland Station\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Hecate County.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44564929052909,"sku":"9780374515072","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4365d334-d9f4-44f2-a365-cae363cf1fbe.jpg?v=1701856852","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/american-earthquake-9780374515072","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}