by Sinclair Lewis · Aegypan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781603122740
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Main Street is a satirical novel by American author Sinclair Lewis, published in 1920. The novel critiques the narrow-mindedness and conformity of life in small towns in the American Midwest in the early 20th century. Through the story of Carol Milford, an educated woman with artistic aspirations who moves to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the novel explores themes such as the clash between urban and rural culture, the oppression of women, and the search for individuality in a homogeneous society. Main Street was a bestseller and catapulted Lewis to fame, becoming one of the most important works of 20th-century American literature.
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
