The Making of Americans

Author: Gertrude Stein

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 29 January 2026 by Dalkey Archive Press in the United States as part of 'the Dalkey Essentials Series' series.

Paperback | Illustrations
154 x 233 x 96mm | 1196g

Gertrude Stein’s monumental novel, back in print a century after its first publication.

In The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein sets out to tell 'a history of a family's progress,' radically reworking the traditional family saga novel to encompass her vision of personality and psychological relationships. As the history progresses over three generations, Stein also meditates on her own writing, on the making of The Making of Americans, and on America itself.