Miss Lonelyhearts - Couverture souple

West, Nathaniel; Bloom, H

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811220931 ISBN 13 : 9780811220934

Editeur : New Directions, 2013

Synopsis

Book by West Nathanael

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Day after day, 'Miss Lonelyhearts' sits in his office responding to letters from 'Broken-hearted, Sick-of-it-all, and Desperate', dispensing words of hope, inspiration, and other platitudes to get his readers through their tormented days.

But it's all getting to be too much for Miss Lonelyhearts. Under the weight of his colleagues' mockery and the endless gloom of his correspondence, Miss Lonelyhearts finds himself crippled with cynicism and dysfunction.

Set in New York City at the height of the Great Depression, Miss Lonelyhearts stands as one of the most intelligent and hilarious works of the 20th Century. Laced with dark humour, irony, and razor-sharp insight, this novel is as hauntingly relevant today as it was nearly a hundred years ago.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Nathanael West (1903-1940) was born in New York City and worked as a hotel night manager and a contract scriptwriter. At the age of 37, West and his wife were killed in a car accident while allegedly rushing to the wake of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who had died unexpectedly the previous day. The two friends were waked in adjoining rooms at the same Los Angeles funeral home. West's other novels include The Dream Life of Balso Snell, A Cool Million, and The Day of the Locust.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: New Directions
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0811220931
• ISBN 13: 9780811220934
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112