The Enormous Room (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781161462340)

The Enormous Room is a semi-autobiographical novel by E. E. Cummings, published in 1922. The book is based on Cummings' own experience of being imprisoned in France during World War I for allegedly supporting the enemy. The novel is written in a satirical and humorous style, and tells the story of Cummings' time in prison, where he meets a diverse group of fellow prisoners, including anarchists, socialists, and criminals. The book is divided into two parts: the first part describes Cummings' arrest and imprisonment, while the second part focuses on his relationships with the other prisoners and his eventual release. Throughout the novel, Cummings explores themes of freedom, individuality, and the power of language. The Enormous Room is considered a landmark work of modernist literature, and is praised for its innovative use of language and its unique perspective on the experience of imprisonment.At any rate I passed a few remarks calculated to wither the by this time a little nervous �����bermensch; got up, put on some enormous sabots (which I had purchased from a horrid little boy whom the French Government had arrested with his parent, for some cause unknown--which horrid little boy told me that he had 'found' the sabots 'in a train' on the way to La Fert�����) shook myself into my fur coat, and banged as noisemakingly as I knew how over to One-Eyed Dahveed's paillasse, where Mexique joined us. 'It is useless to sleep, ' said One-Eyed Dah-veed in French and Spanish. 'True, ' I agreed, 'therefore let's make all the noise we can.'This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original wor

Author: E. E. Cummings
ISBN-10: 1161462341
ISBN-13: 9781161462340
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2010
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.63d