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A masterful novel of political progressives making their way-and not-in an ever-changing postwar America For Marty Dworkin and his band of young Trotskyist dreamers in Buffalo, New York, the vision of a just, socialist world crumbles with the rise of Stalin and the chaos of World War II. In the two decades that follow, Dworkin and his idealistic colleagues strive to establish a new political party and battle through unexpected trials with family, work, aging, and the changing world. They run up against an increasingly conservative America and a thriving materialism directly opposed to their own fervent beliefs. They emerge humbled, but still hopeful, into the 1960s, when civil rights struggles and anti-war radicalism move to center stage. Standing Fast is a classic, panoramic portrait of life amid the shattered dreams and visionary ambitions of the American left.
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"There has been nothing quite like Harvey Swados' Standing Fast since John Dos Passos published U.S.A. A remarkable achievement."
The Washington Post Book World
"Standing Fast breaks the heart."
The New York Times
"One of the most interesting and important novels I've read in years, the kind of book that possesses you completely when you're in the midst of it, that won't let you go when you're done."
The New York Times