Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
American novelist, born 1943. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1997.
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer is a 1996 novel by Steven Millhauser. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1997.
On 2 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Steven Millhauser
- First published
- 1996
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1996
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1997
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Class and society, Migration and identity
Is Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer worth reading?
2 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1996) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1997) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
The edition we link to is the Corsair paperback (2015), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Corsair (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781472151094
How critics, prizes and readers rate Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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