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May 13, 2010 · Following the disappointing release of his third novel, West headed to the Coast, trading hopes of a literary market coup for a chance to hone his art while living well on studio paychecks. He met ...
Library of America offers the most complete collection ever published of Nathanael West's writings. Along with the four novels for which he is famous, this authoritative collection gathers stories, poetry, essays and plays, film scripts and treatments, and letters.In the Dada-inspired The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931), he freely mixes high-flown literary and religious allusions with erotic and scatological humor.
Nathanael West, Henry Claridge (Introduction) The four novels gathered here, Miss Lonelyhearts, A Cool Million, The Day of the Locust and The Dream Life of Balso Snell, constitute the complete longer works of one the most brilliant and original American writers. 342 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1966.
Aug 16, 2009 · Nathanael West and the writing of ‘The Day of the Locust’. Aug. 16, 2009 12 AM PT. The year 1939, when Europe was going up in flames and America clung to the hope that it need not become part ...
The Novels of Nathanael West includes four classic novels by the American writer and satirist: The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931) Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) A Cool Million (1934) The Day of the Locust (1939) Miss Lonelyhearts is widely regarded as West's masterpiece. The Day of the Locust (1939) still stands as one of the best novels written ...
Sep 1, 2000 · El Centro marks not “the center” but rather the fringe of Southern California, making it a true point of entry into the world of Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locust. And oddly, it was here among the convolution of El Centro, on the edge of his literary wasteland, where a 1940 automobile accident cut short West”s magnificent genius.
Nathanael West (17. lokakuuta 1903 lähde? New York , New York , Yhdysvallat [1] – 22. joulukuuta lähde? 1940 El Centro , Kalifornia , Yhdysvallat [1] ), alkuperäiseltä nimeltään Nathan von Wallenstein Weinstein , oli yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija .
