Nathanael West
Birth date: October 17, 1903
Died: December 22, 1940
Nathanael West's Books
Any book that makes me think this much and packs such a powerful emotional punch is a 5 star read.
I’ve always wondered how advice columnists keep doing their jobs. They hear so many awful things and are asked so many impossible questions. I wonder how they don’t burn out on reading so much real human misery. Nathanael West’s novella, Miss Lonelyhearts, tells the story of one such advice writer, ...
bookshelves: autumn-2015, play-dramatisation, radio-4, north-americas, published-1939, us-california, sleazy, games-people-play, gangsters, art-forms, teh-demon-booze Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Isca Silurum Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from November 16 to 17, 2015 http://www.bbc.c...
--The Day of the Locust--Miss Lonelyhearts
Warning: this is a review of a sophomoric book you're unlikely to read. It also contains a hint of insult about some Goodreads readers.I once kept a stack of recycled printouts at university, for keeping notes on the back. On turning a printout over, I discovered a short, really hilarious paragraph ...
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