Algren: A Life - Couverture rigide

Wisniewski, Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1613735324 ISBN 13 : 9781613735329

Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2016

Synopsis

The first examination of Nelson Algren in over 25 years, Algren is the definitive biography of one of the best-known writers of mid-20th-century America. Journalist Mary Wisniewski interviewed dozens of Algren's inner circle, including photographer Art Shay and the late Studs Terkel, and examined Algren's unpublished writing and correspondence, including hundreds of letters he received from lover Simone de Beauvoir, to craft an account as entertaining as it is meticulously researched. Algren reveals details about the writer's life, work, personality, and habits, digging beneath the street-crawling man's man stereotype to show a funny, sensitive, and romantic but self-destructive artist. This fresh look at the man whose tough but humorous style and compassionate message enchanted fellow writers is indispensable to anyone interested in 20th-century American literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Wisniewski is a reporter at the Chicago Tribune and former Reuters investigative reporter covering Midwest crime and politics. Previously a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a reporter for Chicago Lawyer, Wisniewski has won numerous awards for reporting and has taught creative writing and published literary reviews. She is an active participant in the Nelson Algren Committee, past president of the Chicago Headline Club, and appears frequently on local television and radio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chicago Review Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1613735324
• ISBN 13: 9781613735329
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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