Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust

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“1962 New Directions Edition 125.”
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Very Good
A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“1962 New Directions Edition 125.”
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9780811202152
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0811202151
ISBN-13
9780811202152
eBay Product ID (ePID)
182491

Product Key Features

Book Title
Miss Lonelyhearts and the Day of the Locust
Number of Pages
1 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
1962
Genre
Fiction
Author
Nathanael West
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
62-016924
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Synopsis
"Somehow or other I seem to have slipped in between all the 'schools,' " observed Nathanael West the year before his untimely death in 1940. "My books meet no needs except my own, their circulation is practically private and I'm lucky to be published." Yet today, West is widely recognized as a prophetic writer whose dark and comic vision of a society obsessed with mass- produced fantasies foretold much of what was to come in American life. Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), which West envisioned as "a novel in the form of a comic strip," tells of an advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist who becomes tragically embroiled in the desperate lives of his readers. The Day of the Locust (1939) is West's great dystopian Hollywood novel based on his experiences at the seedy fringes of the movie industry. "The work of Nathanael West, savagely, comically, tragically original, has come into its own," said novelist and screenwriter Budd Schulberg. "A new public [has] discovered in the writings of West a brilliant reflection of its own sense of chaos and helplessness in a world running more to madness than to reason.", Two short novels, one set in New York and the other in Hollywood, dramatically depict the extremes of the human condition and the destructive forces pervading modern American life.
LC Classification Number
PS3545.E8334

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  • by hisduke-ness
    26 Aug, 2017

    This holds true from the 30's..

    I thought city life and the will to make it is crazy today... Reading these two great stories, I realize nothing has changed! This is one of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's favorite authors! (and J. Depp read Mr. Wolf's stories before meeting the good Doc.. Depp said it's probably why they got along so well)

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