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

By:

Nathanael West

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Penguin Modern Classics

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These two novellas demonstrate the fragility of the American dream, from two very different perspectives. In The Day of the Locust, talented young artist Tod Hackett has been brought to Hollywood to work in the design department of a major studio. He discovers a surreal world of tarnished dreams, where violence and hysteria lurk behind even the most glittering facade. Liberty and freedom have been turned into a bizarre nightmare in The Dream Life of Balso Snell, which focuses on the personal despair and disintegration of its protagonist, the poet Balso. 'The Day of the Locust... remains the best of the Hollywood novels, a nightmare vision of humanity destroyed by its obsession with film.' J. G. Ballard, Sunday Times

Author Biography:

Nathanael West was born in 1903. From 1924-1931 he lived in Paris where he wrote The Dream Life of Balso Snell. On his return to New York he became associate editor of the magazine Contact alongside William Carlos Williams. Towards the end of his life he worked on film scripts in Hollywood. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940.

Release date Australia

February 3rd, 2000

Author

Nathanael West

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

240

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Dimensions

129x198x14

ISBN-13

9780141182889

Product ID

1743852

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