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West, Henry - Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust
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| Schrijver: | West, Henry |
| Titel: | Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust |
| ISBN: | 9780811202152 |
| Uitgever: | New Directions 1969 |
| Bijzonderheid: | 1996, paperback. Good. |
| Prijs: | € 10,00 |
| Meer info | First published in 1933, Miss Lonelyhearts remains one of the most shocking works of 20th century American literature. Set in New York during the Depression, Miss Lonelyhearts concerns a nameless man assigned to produce a newspaper advice column — but as time passes he begins to break under the endless misery of those who write in, begging him for advice. He tumbles into alcoholism and a madness fueled by his own spiritual emptiness. During his years in Hollywood West wrote The Day of the Locust, a study of the fragility of illusion. Set in Hollywood during the Depression, the narrator, Tod Hackett, comes to California in the hope of a career as a painter for movie backdrops but soon joins the disenchanted second-rate actors, technicians, laborers and other characters living on the fringes of the movie industry. Tod finds work on a film called prophetically “The Burning of Los Angeles,” and the dark comic tale ends in an apocalyptic mob riot outside a Hollywood premiere, as the system runs out of control. |
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