The Jungle, Paperback

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An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle -- his devastating expose of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It quickly became a bestseller, arousing public sentiment and resulting in such federal legislation as the Pure Food and Drug Act.-The brutally grim story of a Slavic family who emigrates to America, The Jungle tells of their rapid and inexorable descent into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and social and economic despair. Vulnerable and isolated, the family of Jurgis Rudkus struggles -- unsuccessfully -- to survive in an urban jungle. A powerful view of turn-of-the-century poverty, graft, and corruption, this fiercely realistic American classic is still required reading in many history and literature classes. It will continue to haunt readers long after they've finished the last page.

Despre autor

Upton Sinclair

scriitor american (1878–1968)

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. a fost un scriitor american, "muckraker", activist politic și nominalizatul din 1934 al Partidului Democrat la postul de guvernator al Californiei, care a scris aproape 100 de cărți și alte lucrări în mai multe genuri. Opera lui Sinclair a fost bine cunoscută și populară în prima jumătate a secolului al XX-lea și a câștigat Premiul Pulitzer pentru ficțiune în 1943.