It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis
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Author: Sinclair LewisIntroduction: Perry Meisel
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-09-01
ISBN: 0451525825
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Signet Classics
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Book Review: A Classic because...
Summary: 5 Stars
....it can happen here. Anyone who is aware of current news and political issues and history, will find this book, written in the 1930's, to be astonishing. I read this in high school, and remembered it years later when I was putting books on my web page. Why did I remember it? Sinclair Lewis wrote this long before the world became aware of what was going on in Nazi Germany. This illustrates the often ignored fact that we can tell what is going on around us, if only we listen to the signs and signals, and stop burying our heads in..oh, well, in books and the internet and TV shows. He takes the story to America, where people's response to what's going on in the world is "It Can't Happen Here" (not that any of us would say that these days...). Anything that Can't Happen Here, then, isn't our problem. Until, of course, it happens here...This is a good book to read if you like messages in your fiction - (did you enjoy reading "The Lottery?")
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