i like the premise - that someone gets so overwhelmed by the tragedy in other's lives (that he courts knowledge of because of his work) that it starts to ruin his life. (this is very realistic to me as it mirrors my own life a year ago.) but the writing, the dialogue, the stereotyping, the other c...
Both of these are unlike anything I've ever read before (of or before the period). I think Miss Lonelyhearts is the superior novel, but barely. Both are so full of depth that I think I have to read each a few more times to get everything. He is a compelling, fascinating and amazingly brazen (for ...
I read this last summer on a whim; I had shelved some books next to it and some of the titles were familiar. So I gave it a try...and completed it in two afternoons.I was completely taken away by 'Miss Lonelyhearts', putting it in my heart right next to 'Franny and Zooey.' It is about the often ridi...
This satire of Hollywood hangers-on and wannnabes (not celebrities) could be depressing because it's so ugly; but since my physical and spiritual life are both thankfully distant from Hollywood and its noxious culture, I read it with detachment (clinical detachment, perhaps), and found the novel not...
The Day of the Locust is one of the ugliest and most uncomfortable novels I've ever read. But it's supposed to be. It's a novel satirizing Hollywood wannabes and hangers-on as being human trash.
Book Circle Reads 100Rating: 4.75* of fiveThe Book Description: Praised by great writers from Flannery O'Conner to Jonathan Lethem, Miss Lonelyhearts is an American classic. A newspaper reporter assigned to write the agony column in the depths of the Great Depression seeks respite from the poor soul...
Awesome collection of West's fiction from his all too short life. Running the gamut from stark realism to the truly bizarre it shows the true range of West's fictional talent. Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locusts (avoid the dreadful film version) are the best of the lot. I still think the muc...
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