{"product_id":"main-street","title":"Main Street","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMain Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSinclair Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarol Milford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grows up in a mid-sized town in Minnesota before moving to Chicago for college. After her education, during which she's exposed to big-city life and culture, she moves to Minneapolis to work as a librarian. She soon meets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill Kennicott\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a small-town doctor, and the two get married and move to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGopher Prairie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Kennicott's home town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, inspired by big-city ideas, soon begins chafing at the seeming quaintness and even backwardness of the townsfolk, and their conservative, self-satisfied way of life. She struggles to try to reform the town in her image, while finding meaning in the seeming cultural desert she's found herself in and in her increasingly cold marriage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGopher Prairie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a detailed, satirical take on small-town American life, modeled after Sauk Centre, the town in which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e himself grew up. The town is fully realized, with generations of inhabitants interacting in a complex web of village society. Its bitingly satirical portrayal made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMain Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e highly acclaimed by its contemporaries, though many thought the satirical take was perhaps a bit too dark and hopeless. The book's celebration and condemnation of small town life make it a candidate for the title of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreat American\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMain Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was awarded the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1921\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pulitzer Prize, but the decision was overturned by the prize's Board of Trustees and awarded instead to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Innocence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e went on to win the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1926\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pulitzer for Arrowsmith, he declined it-with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reporting that he did so because he was still angry at the Pulitzers for being denied the prize for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMain Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.Despite the book's snub at the Pulitzers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e went on to win the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNobel Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in Literature in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1930\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMain Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e being cited as one of the reasons for his win.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912003379391,"sku":"acb5f3e4-6475-43e2-bb89-f76933a88fe9","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/eb5826a4403752438b99416f3f54d732.jpg?v=1785004979","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/main-street","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}