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Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

Steven Millhauser

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters — one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Vintage

Release: September 01, 2010

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

Steven Millhauser

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters — one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Vintage

Release: September 01, 2010

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