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Description edit
The first comprehensive, authoritative edition of the work of America's prince of black humor and social satire includes his most famous novels of the thirties, along with his poetry, essays, plays, film scripts, and letters."
Books in This Collection
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by Nathanael West (Author)In this 1931 Dada-inspired work, the first novel of the author of Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust , the eponymous anti-hero stumbles across the Trojan Horse and climbs inside. His journey takes him through a mental jungle,...
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Miss Lonelyhearts
by Nathanael West (Author)Miss Lonelyhearts is Nathanael West's second novel. It is an Expressionist black comedy set in New York City during the Great Depression. In the story, Miss Lonelyhearts is an unnamed male newspaper columnist writing an advice column which...
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A Cool Million
or, The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
by Nathanael West (Author)A Cool Million: The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin is Nathanael West's third novel, published in 1934. It is a brutal satire of eternal optimism. A Cool Million, as its subtitle suggests, presents “the dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin,” piece by...
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The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nathanael West (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Library of America
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 1883011280
Page Count: 840
Publisher: Library of America
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 1883011280
Page Count: 840
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.52
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