“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt 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
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It Can't Happen Here
von Sinclair Lewis
“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt 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
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von Ja PoAls warnendes Beispiel für die Fragilität der Demokratie bietet der Roman einen alarmierenden, unheimlich zeitlosen Blick darauf, wie der Faschismus in Amerika Fuß fassen konnte. Geschrieben während der Weltwirtschaftskrise, als das Land Hitlers Aggression weitgehend ignorierte, stellt der Roman scharfe politische Satire dem erschreckend realistischen Aufstieg eines Präsidenten gegenüber, der zum Diktator wird, um die Nation vor Sozialbetrug, Sex, Kriminalität und einer liberalen Presse zu retten.
Rezension von kenOne of those cases where the writing style was not up to snuff, as much as I wanted to appreciate the themes and plot. The introduction said the manuscript was finished in three months and was then published and boy did it show.