Martin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer - Millhauser, Steven

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Martin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer by Millhauser, Steven Format: PaperbackPublished by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1997 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWA RD 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. “This wonderful, wonder-full book is a fable and phantasmagoria of the sources of our century.” —The New York Times Book Review Young 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.Product image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale. Show more