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, ...
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 ...
New Review! THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West http://tinyurl.com/pk52eea It's a Hollywood story of the sharpest wit; it's timeless, it's unkind, and it's bitterly amusing. West's last book before his early death. hmmmm
There's a good chance I've read or deliberately chosen not to read this short work 10 years ago when it was paired with the book Miss Lonelyhearts. But this time, in this era, in this part of Bulgaria, the lurid cartoon quality of the book, exposing the brutality of dream makers, seemed much deeper ...
Dear "Miss Lonelyhearts", It's not you, it's me. I'm exhausted and burnt out and trying to get ten million things done before Crasmas. I have so little time to read these days and just couldn't devote attention to you and I'm sure beneath your crusty, impenetrable exterior you're really lovely a...
For those who've not heard of Nathanael West, a wikipedia link. I'd seen this book in my father's bookshelves and always meant to get around to reading it. And so recently, I managed to.I'm going to have a rough time explaining how I feel about this book because it's going to be another one of those...
So far I've only read Miss Lonelyhearts. What an odd little story. Sex and booze and a Christ fixation and a melancholy madness brought on by immersion in the woes of complete strangers. I'm not sure what the point is, except to say that if you set out to fool or poke fun at others, you may find tha...
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