World So Wide
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear to edges and corners. Pages: Yellowed and tanning visible on internal pages. Markings: No obvious markings visible. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
World So Wide is the final novel by Nobel Prize-winning American author Sinclair Lewis, published posthumously in 1951. The story chronicles Hayden Chart, an American architect who flees to Florence, Italy, following the sudden death of his wife, seeking both escape and self-reinvention amid the grandeur of Renaissance culture. With his trademark sharp wit and keen social observation, Lewis satirises the American abroad — the restless idealism, the cultural insecurity, and the inevitable collision between Old World sophistication and New World pragmatism. The novel presents a bittersweet meditation on identity, grief, and the elusive promise of transformation, as Hayden navigates romantic entanglements and the expatriate communities that populate postwar Europe. Though lighter in tone than his seminal works such as Main Street and Babbitt, it stands as a poignant and fitting farewell from one of America's most celebrated literary voices.
Author: Sinclair Lewis
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear to edges and corners. Pages: Yellowed and tanning visible on internal pages. Markings: No obvious markings visible. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
World So Wide is the final novel by Nobel Prize-winning American author Sinclair Lewis, published posthumously in 1951. The story chronicles Hayden Chart, an American architect who flees to Florence, Italy, following the sudden death of his wife, seeking both escape and self-reinvention amid the grandeur of Renaissance culture. With his trademark sharp wit and keen social observation, Lewis satirises the American abroad — the restless idealism, the cultural insecurity, and the inevitable collision between Old World sophistication and New World pragmatism. The novel presents a bittersweet meditation on identity, grief, and the elusive promise of transformation, as Hayden navigates romantic entanglements and the expatriate communities that populate postwar Europe. Though lighter in tone than his seminal works such as Main Street and Babbitt, it stands as a poignant and fitting farewell from one of America's most celebrated literary voices.