Description:All four of these brilliant novellas are set in America during the Depression, where, in a biting indictment of America, Nataniel West depicts the New World as a wasteland of boredom, inhumanity and suffering.The Day of the Locust presents a comic portrayal of Hollywood--but a thin curtain keeps blowing aside to reveal unforgettable scenes of violence and mob hysteria.The Dream Life of Balso Snell, a surrealist dream story, is an exercise in private despair.Miss Lonelyhearts, whose protagonist is a reporter assigned to his newspaper's agony column, can be interpreted as a modern fable of disturbing power.A Cool Million, a Candide-like satire, explores the American rags-to-riches myth.--back coverWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Collected Works of Nathanael West : The Day of the Locust / The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million. To get started finding The Collected Works of Nathanael West : The Day of the Locust / The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books
Release
1975
ISBN
0140039074
The Collected Works of Nathanael West : The Day of the Locust / The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million
Description: All four of these brilliant novellas are set in America during the Depression, where, in a biting indictment of America, Nataniel West depicts the New World as a wasteland of boredom, inhumanity and suffering.The Day of the Locust presents a comic portrayal of Hollywood--but a thin curtain keeps blowing aside to reveal unforgettable scenes of violence and mob hysteria.The Dream Life of Balso Snell, a surrealist dream story, is an exercise in private despair.Miss Lonelyhearts, whose protagonist is a reporter assigned to his newspaper's agony column, can be interpreted as a modern fable of disturbing power.A Cool Million, a Candide-like satire, explores the American rags-to-riches myth.--back coverWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Collected Works of Nathanael West : The Day of the Locust / The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million. To get started finding The Collected Works of Nathanael West : The Day of the Locust / The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.