Arrowsmith: Pulitzer Prize Winner

With an afterword by E. L. Doctorow–the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man’s pursuit of intellectual freedom in the face of ignorance and corruption, from the author of Babbit

Arrowsmith, the most widely read of Sinclair Lewis’s novels, is the incisive portrait of a man passionately devoted to science. As a bright, curious boy in a small Midwestern town, Martin Arrowsmith spends his free time in old Doc Vickerson’s office avidly devouring medical texts. Destined to become a physician and a researcher, he discovers that societal forces of ignorance, greed, and corruption can be as life-threatening as the plague.

Part satire, part morality tale, Lewis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel illuminates the mystery and power of science while giving enduring life to a singular American hero’s struggle for integrity and intellectual freedom in a small-minded world.

With an Introduction by Sally E. Parry
and an Afterword by E. L. Doctorow

Author: Sinclair Lewis
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 03/04/2008
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.10w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780451530868
Language: English