The Man With The Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

The Man With The Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original publication, this is a special, critical edition of what is widely regarded as Nelson Algren's most powerful and enduring work. Includes special contributions from William Savage, Studs Terkel, Kurt Vonnegut, Lee Stringer, Bettina Drew and many others.

NELSON ALGREN (1909-1981), one of the most underappreciated and well-liked modern American authors, believed that literature is created whenever the legal apparatus is challenged by conscience in touch with humanity. Such belief is supported by his extensive amount of work. Algren's powerful voice sprang from the postwar urban wilderness of Chicago, and he returned again and again to that city of hustlers, junkies, and scamps, eventually bringing Chicago's deeper depths onto a stage for the entire world to see. Algren is one of our most stubborn and enduring novels, having won the inaugural National Book Award for fiction and being praised by Hemingway as one of America's two best authors. Five major novels, two collections of short fiction, a book-length poetry, and several collections of reportage are among his works. Algren died on May 9, 1981, just days after being named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was an inspiration to artists such as Kurt Vonnegut and Donald Barthelme, Studs Terkel and Lou Reed.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781583220085
ISBN 10	1583220089
Title	The Man With The Golden Arm
Author	Nelson Algren
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Year published	1999-11-09
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Winner of National Book Award 1950
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.