{"product_id":"9780679781271","title":"Martin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer - Millhauser, Steven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eMartin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer\u003c\/u\u003e by Millhauser, Steven\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1997\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The author of Voices in the Night reveals the mesmerizing journey of an American dreamer as he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry.\n\n\n\n“This wonderful, wonder-full book is a fable and phantasmagoria of the sources of our century.” —The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\n\nYoung 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, a  sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1997","offers":[{"title":"Martin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer \/ Very Good","offer_id":54064757571876,"sku":"9780679781271VG","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/143013482430.jpg?v=1779987750","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780679781271","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}