Nathanael West Libri
17 ottobre 1903 – 22 dicembre 1940
Questo autore divenne noto per aver creato la propria leggenda letteraria. Le sue opere offrono penetranti intuizioni sulle strane collezioni di emarginati e vagabondi che osservò nei suoi dintorni. Si immerse nel sottobosco poco glamour di Tinseltown, incontrando spacciatori, comparse, gangster, prostitute e falliti. I suoi capolavori letterari sono rinomati per la loro atmosfera tragica e le loro rappresentazioni realistiche.
Miss Lonelyhearts
- 247pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Two classic short stories, one about a male reporter who writes an advice column, and the other, about people who have migrated to California in expectation of health and ease.
'He began to wonder if he himself didn't suffer from the ingrained, morbid apathy he liked to draw in others' Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set- designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare. For, with little in the way of looks and no money to buy her time, Tod's desperate passion can only lead to frustration, disillusionment and rage ... The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.
The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell
- 240pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare. schovat popis
The collected works of Nathanael West
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
The four novels gathered here, Miss Lonelyhearts, A Cool Million, The Day of the Locust and The Dream Life of Balso Snell, constitute the complete longer works of one the most brilliant and original American writers.
The day of the locust and Miss lonelyhearts
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
"In The Day of the Locust a young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in LA full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon joins the ranks of the disenchanted that drift around the fringes of Hollywood. When he meets Faye Greener, an aspiring actress, he is intoxicated and his desperate passion explodes into rage... The edition also includes the off-kilter, darkly comic tale Miss Lonelyhearts"--page [4] of cover.
Dvě krátké novely. Za svůj krátký, tragicky ukončený život stihl Nathanael West (1903–1940) napsat pouze čtyři kratší prózy. Zatímco Přítelkyně osamělých srdcí i Den kobylek už vyšly v českém překladu, tyto dvě satirické novely u nás vycházejí poprvé. Nathanael West byl spisovatel, jenž měl dar k psaní téměř dokonalých parodií – trochu méně znalý čtenář by místy mohl jeho příběhy brát vážně. Snový život Balso Snella (1931) je téměř surrealistickým výletem jakéhosi básníka Balso Snella do těla bájného trojského koně, kam vstoupí „branou tajemna“, tj. řitním otvorem, a na své cestě tlustým střevem potkává nejrůznější rádoby literáty, kteří touží po publiku, jímž se nechtěně stává Balso Snell. Majlant (1934) vypráví na hlavu obrácený, v té době v Americe oblíbený pohádkový příběh, jak šikovný a čestný mladík může ke štěstí, vzorné ženě a penězům přijíti. Podtitul tohoto půvabného dílka Rozebrání Lemuela Pitkina napovídá, jak asi Westovo převyprávění vyústí.
Neuausgabe mit Übersetzung, Anmerkungen und Nachwort von Dieter E. Zimmer, 272 Seiten.
