Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust
Nathanael West • Rizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑0811218221
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust
ISBN-10: 0811218228 · ISBN-13: 978‑0811218221 · 2009
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This volume pairs two seminal works of American literature that explore the grotesque and the disillusionment of the human condition. Through sharp, satirical prose, West examines the psychological fragmentation of his protagonists against the backdrop of urban isolation and the hollow artifice of Hollywood, offering a stark critique of the American Dream during the Great Depression.
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