Nathanael West

The day of the locust

Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust

Miss Lonelyhearts

Hollywood of the 1930s and the collapse of the American dream are seen through the eyes of a refined, educated set designer and an inarticulate bookkeeper from Iowa.

The Day of the Locust

الآنسة القلوب الوحيدة

Il giorno della locusta

A collection of six works by Nathanael West.

The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million / The Day of the Locust / Other Writings / Letters

Nathanael West: Novels & Other Writings (LOA #93)

The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell

Años treinta. Un variopinto grupo de personajes lucha por triunfar en Hollywood, el paradigma del sueño americano. Sin embargo, el Hollywood que nos describe Nathanael West no es la glamourosa meca del cine a la que estamos acostumbrados, sino un sórdido microcosmos poblado por perdedores sometidos a su propia sed de triunfo. El escenógrafo Tod Hackett, uno de los personajes, al poco de llegar a este submundo se verá envuelto en la vida de siete individuos (desde un actor de vodevil venido a menos hasta una atractiva aspirante a actriz, pasando por un poderoso productor o un depravado gángster) a quienes el contacto con este universo artificial les corromperá tan pronto como descubran que la suerte, y no el talento, es la auténtica aliada del éxito. «En Hollywood te pueden pagar 1.000 dólares por un beso, pero sólo 50 centavos por tu alma.» Marylin Monroe

El día de la langosta

Miss cuori solitari

At the height of the Great Depression, aspiring artist Tod Hackett falls in love with Faye Greener, a beautiful starlet with big dreams. Through his work as a costume designer and his burgeoning friendship with Faye, Tod is introduced to the world behind the movies, and the varied and unusual characters that populate the fringes of Hollywood. Widely regarded as one of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century, The Day of the Locust was adapted for a 1975 film starring William Atherton, Karen Black, and Donald Sutherland. It has also been referenced in many forms of media, including the graphic novel Y: The Last Man, and is believed to have inspired the character of Homer Simpson in The Simpsons by Matt Groening. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Day Of The Locust

Miss Lonelyhearts and a Cool Million

A popular collection of some of the best short fiction and short stories ever written.

Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of Locust

Miss Lonelyhearts, And, A Cool Million

In 'Miss Lonelyhearts', a cynical hack takes on his newspaper's agony column and thinks of it as a joke, until he sees the letters of despair. In A Cool Million, the hapless hero chases a dream of success, but discovers the dark corners of human life.

A Novel

These two dark stories, and the most notable works of the short career of Nathanael West, remain stunningly powerful pieces of fiction more than 75 years after their original publication.

Nathanael West

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