It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis - Mass Market Paperbound

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Books,Subjects,Literature & Fiction,Classics
Label
Signet
Artist
Lewis, Sinclair
Album
It Can't Happen Here (Signet Classics)
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9780451465641
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0451465644
ISBN-13
9780451465641
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Book Title
It Can't Happen Here
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Political, Historical
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Author
Sinclair Lewis
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Mass Market

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0.9 in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Item Length
7.6 in
Item Width
4.2 in

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"Written at white heat."-- Chicago Tribune "Not only [Lewis's] most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in this country."-- The New Yorker
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Afterword by
Scharnhorst, Gary
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Synopsis
"The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump's authoritarian appeal."--Salon It 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
LC Classification Number
PS3523.E94I8 2014

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  • by HimiPoJ2TWm@Deleted
    21 Apr, 2017Most favourable review

    The irony of "It Can't Happen Here"

    The major American novelist Sinclair Lewis took on 1936 politics in this dystopian novel that stands with "Brave New World" and "1984". The winner of the Presidential election that year turns out to be a two-bit Napoleon who soon, with the help of his Cabinet and henchmen, changes the United States into a kinder, gentler version of the Third Reich. It will scare you, because, it can happen here. You may see some resonance with the 2016 election. If so, take comfort in the upbeat ending of the novel: even dictators don't last forever, it just seems like it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: happytimesforever

  • by streetcar*visions
    03 Mar, 2017

    A Dark but prescient Tale

    Altho Sinclair Lewis is best known for his satirical comments on middle class complacency, "It Can't Happen Here" is an novel about the fragility of of American democracy that is as relevant today as it was upon its publication in 1935. It is as well written as his better know works and details the ascension to the Presidency of a no-nothing, self-aggrandizing buffoon who makes unrealistic promises to a weary but gullible Depression-age nation. The country quickly becomes a Fascist state through tactics similar to the rise of authoritarian regimes of Nazi Germany and pre-war Italy. I serves as an ongoing warning to those who deny the possibility of such a regime in the US. Altho the book makes reference to political figures and events that may be obscure to many present day readers, ...

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  • by quickjd7
    31 Jan, 2017

    It it Deja Vu?

    This story really captures how a country could turn Fascist. Especially liked the part where the newly elected president disputed the size of the crowd at an event. A timely read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: bargainbookstores

  • by 4twentygamewinners
    17 Jan, 2025

    Great book Great author

    Great book great author

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: betterworldbooks

  • by redriverread
    04 Jun, 2019

    Perfect title

    Written in the 1930s it sounds like today. Authoritarian President elected and he takes the country to a very dark place. The message....it can happen here.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: luciancollections

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