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Novels and other writings 1997 edition open library. The book only gets four stars, however, because it also includes wests worst novel, the dream life of balso snell, which is a complete waste of his talents. Two classic novels are included in a single volume, first, miss lonelyhearts, about a newspaper reporter seeking to avoid writing an agony column, with only his cynical editor shrike in the way, the second, the day of the locust. Although all of nathanael wests fiction is concerned with certain recurring themes, it gradually matures in tone, style, and subject.
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Nathanael wests the dream life of balso snell and a cool million david d. The dream life of balso snell kindle edition by west. Read the dream life of balso snell, by nathanael west online on bookmate nathanael west was born nathan weinstein in new york city on october 17th, 1903. Nathanael wests first novel, 1931s the dream life of balso snell, is an antikunstleroman. West is second only to mark twain in identifying and attacking societys corruption and vices. The dream life of balso snell 1931, wests first work, was described by one delighted critic as a fantasy about some rather scatalogical adventures.
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