Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser

Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser

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Martin Dressler is the son of a cigar maker, born in late-19th-century New York. With ambitions stretching beyond inheriting his father's shop, Martin moves first to take a job in a hotel, then to open a restaurant, and rapidly ascends to become a builder of hotels of his own.

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Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser

Martin Dressler is the son of cigar maker, born in late nineteenth-century New York. As Martin approaches manhood, it is rapidly clear that his ambitions stretch far further than inheriting his father's shop, as he moves first to take a job in a hotel, then to open a restaurant, and rapidly ascends to become a builder of hotels of his own. He is a classic entrepreneur, a young man who has the audacity to make his dreams - and the American Dream - come true. But when Martin sets out to build the Grand Cosmos, this mesmerizing novel finally exposes the ambiguity of the American dream and the perils and wonder of human ambition and the human imagination.
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ISBN 13 9781861590893
ISBN 10 186159089X
Title Martin Dressler
Author Steven Millhauser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1998-03-09
Number of pages 304
Prizes Winner of Pulitzer Prize Fiction Category 1997, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1997
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.