Lost Generation books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Three Soldiers
John Dos PassosAn early war novel that follows three American soldiers and shows the army as a machine that grinds down individuals.
Enormous Room
E. E. CummingsA memoir-style account of imprisonment in a French detention camp during the war, written in an experimental voice.
In Our Time
Ernest HemingwayShort sketches and stories about war, violence and aftermath, in the spare style that defined Hemingway's early work.
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldA narrator describes the wealthy and aspiring people of Long Island in the summer of 1922, centered on a mysterious host.
Manhattan Transfer
John Dos PassosA cross-section of New York City told through many overlapping lives, using fragmented scenes and newspaper-style snippets.
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- The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway - U.S.A
U.S.AJohn Dos Passos - Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the NightF. Scott Fitzgerald - Nightwood
NightwoodDjuna Barnes - Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and CompanySylvia Beach1959 - Exile's return
Exile's returnMalcolm Cowley1934 - Everybody behaves badly : the true story behind Hemingway's
Everybody behaves badly : the true story behind Hemingway's masterpiece The Sun Also RisesLesley M. M. Blume2016 - The view from here
The view from hereRobert M. Coates1960