Between Two Worlds
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
Condition remarks: The original cloth binding exhibits typical shelf wear and moderate rubbing to the extremities and spine tips. Internally, the pages are exceptionally clean, bright, and entirely free of foxing or internal marking. The bottom edge of the text block shows an external stain that is strictly confined to the outside edges and does not extend into the interior margins.
A sweeping work of historical fiction, Between Two Worlds is the second installment in Upton Sinclair's celebrated Lanny Budd series, chronicling the life of its idealistic protagonist as he navigates the turbulent years between the end of World War I and the rise of fascism in Europe. Set against the backdrop of the Paris Peace Conference and the social upheaval of the 1920s, the novel presents Lanny as a privileged yet conscience-stricken observer caught between the decadent world of the wealthy elite and the urgent moral demands of a world on the brink of catastrophe. Sinclair's prose carries the same passionate, socially critical tone that defined his earlier muckraking work, using Lanny's personal relationships and political awakening to illustrate the failures of diplomacy and the seductive dangers of complacency. Rich in historical detail and populated with thinly veiled portraits of real political figures, the narrative argues that the seeds of the next great war were sown in the compromises and corruptions of the peace that followed the first. It is an ambitious, morally urgent novel that rewards readers with both a vivid portrait of an era and a timeless meditation on the responsibilities of the privileged in an unjust world.
Author: Upton Sinclair
Format: Hardback
Published: 1941, Published by the Author, New York City and Pasadena, California
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: First Edition thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
Condition remarks: The original cloth binding exhibits typical shelf wear and moderate rubbing to the extremities and spine tips. Internally, the pages are exceptionally clean, bright, and entirely free of foxing or internal marking. The bottom edge of the text block shows an external stain that is strictly confined to the outside edges and does not extend into the interior margins.
A sweeping work of historical fiction, Between Two Worlds is the second installment in Upton Sinclair's celebrated Lanny Budd series, chronicling the life of its idealistic protagonist as he navigates the turbulent years between the end of World War I and the rise of fascism in Europe. Set against the backdrop of the Paris Peace Conference and the social upheaval of the 1920s, the novel presents Lanny as a privileged yet conscience-stricken observer caught between the decadent world of the wealthy elite and the urgent moral demands of a world on the brink of catastrophe. Sinclair's prose carries the same passionate, socially critical tone that defined his earlier muckraking work, using Lanny's personal relationships and political awakening to illustrate the failures of diplomacy and the seductive dangers of complacency. Rich in historical detail and populated with thinly veiled portraits of real political figures, the narrative argues that the seeds of the next great war were sown in the compromises and corruptions of the peace that followed the first. It is an ambitious, morally urgent novel that rewards readers with both a vivid portrait of an era and a timeless meditation on the responsibilities of the privileged in an unjust world.