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Nessun romanzo americano del Novecento ha provocato una tale indignazione come "La giungla". Il libro-denuncia di Upton Sinclair, con le sue descrizioni crude del mondo del lavoro senza tutele, dipinge la giungla di Packingtown, il quartiere dei macelli di Chicago. Ed è proprio in questo quartiere che si concentrano migliaia di emigranti in cerca di un lavoro, come il protagonista del romanzo che, partito dall'Est Europa in cerca di fortuna, si trova in una realtà ben diversa da quella sognata, ridotto alla condizione di immigrato sottopagato e di piccolo e dimenticato ingranaggio della macchina che fa muovere quel capitalismo cieco e folle di inizio secolo. Un romanzo, quello di Sinclair, che, aderendo a un realismo che si riallaccia idealmente al naturalismo francese di Zola, apre al giornalismo d'inchiesta e ai cosiddetti muckrakers - i reporter specializzati nel denunciare gli scandali e la corruzione - con la sua lucida, e a tratti feroce, critica alla società del tempo e alle sue contraddizioni. Questa edizione è curata da Mario Maffi.
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- Pagine: 410
- Data di uscita: 12-06-2019
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Naturally, my high school English teacher felt it necessary to assign "The Jungle" to read over Thanksgiving break. As my Dad carved the turkey, the conversation went something like this: MOM: Could you pass the turkey? ME: Oh, yeah, great, why don't we pass the meat that untold numbers of Slavik immi Leggi tutto
‘ I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. ’ -Upton Sinclair The Jungle is best known as the novel that led to the Meat Inspection Act and partially to the creation of the FDA after much public outcry against the unsanitary conditions of food processing and packaging. Howe Leggi tutto
Every day in New York they slaughterfour million ducksfive million pigsand two thousand doves for the pleasure of the dying,a million cowsa million lambsand two million roosters,that leave the sky in splinters. —Federico García Lorca I expected to dislike this book, because it is a book aimed at pro Leggi tutto
(written 6-03) Wow. Now I can see why this book had such a big impression on those who read it in the early twentieth century. Really heart-wrenching (and gut-wrenching) stuff. There's the famous quote that Sinclair said he aimed for the public's heart and hit it in the stomach instead. I guess peopl Leggi tutto
It's been a while since I read it, but I believe this book features a precocious young boy named Mowgli Rudkus who was raised by wolves. After singing a bunch of songs with bears and orangutans in the jungles of India, Mowgli immigrates to turn-of-the-century Chicago where he lives in abject poverty Leggi tutto
Hey, do you want to see some poor schlub get totally wrecked by "the man", be grossed out by the meat industry, and learn about socialism? Then, this is the book for you! I had to read it for school and hated every minute of it. I was literally nauseous at times, and depressed the rest. Yes, it's a cla Leggi tutto
I have a tendency to be easily swayed by arguments, so I asked a well-read friend for an antidote to Ayn Rand's ATLAS SHRUGGED. She suggested this book. If I ever get that wish where you get to resurrect people and have them at a dinner party, I'm going to have Ayn Rand and Upton Sinclair there toge Leggi tutto
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