Miss Lonelyhearts & a Cool Million, or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin by Nathanael West
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Miss Lonelyhearts & a Cool Million, or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
Miss Lonelyhearts & a Cool Million, or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
Summary
In Miss Lonelyhearts the author creates the portrait of a character, all nerves and no skin, the fool of pity, whom the ordinary horror of ordinary life lacerates to the point of madness. A Cool Million parodies a myth of the American dream of success and wealth.
Miss Lonelyhearts & a Cool Million, or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin Summary
About Nathanael West
Nathanael West was born in 1903. From 1924-1931 he lived in Paris where he wrote The Dream Life of Balso Snell. On his return to New York he became associate editor of the magazine Contact alongside William Carlos Williams. Towards the end of his life he worked on film scripts in Hollywood. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940.
Additional information
GOR001484835
9780140184792
0140184791
Miss Lonelyhearts & a Cool Million, or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin by Nathanael West
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
19910425
208
N/A
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