Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust (New Edition) (New Directions Paperbook)
By Nathanael West.
Description
"A primer for Big Bad City disillusionment, unsparing in its portrayal of New York's debilitating entropy."―The Village Voice. With a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem. First published in 1933, Miss Lonelyhearts remains one of the most shocking works of 20th century American literature, as unnerving as a glob of black bile vomited up at a church social: empty, blasphemous, and horrific. Set in New York during the Depression and probably West's most powerful work, Miss Lonelyhearts concerns a nameless man assigned to produce a newspaper advice column ― but as time passe...
ISBN(s)
0811218228, 9780811218221
