Rosinante to the Road Again (by John Dos Passos)

• 2009 edition.  245 pages
• Published by George H. Doran Company Publishers, New York
• Paperback.  Format B
• Very good condition.  Ex libris sticker inside front cover - with owner name written.  

Facsimile publication of the original book first published in 1922.

Making allusions to Don Quixote's wanderings on his trusty steed Rosinante, American novelist John Dos Passos creates a story of two travellers making their way by foot from Madrid to Toledo in post-World War I Spain.

Along the way, they encounter simple, earthy folk on the trail and in taverns, thus providing a convenient backdrop for Dos Passos's observations on the tension between old agrarian ways and new industrial imperatives.

Dos Passos interweaves the story with chapters about the finest Hispanic poets and novelists of the day.  One of Dos Passos's earliest books, it delights the reader with the young writer's poetic use of the English language.