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Conversations with Nelson Algren
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #407321 in Books
- Published on: 2001-06-11
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 344 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
In these frank and often devastating conversations Nelson Algren reveals himself with all the gruff humor, deflating insight, honesty, and critical brilliance that marked his career. Prodded by H. E. F. Donohue, Algren discusses everything from his childhood to his compulsion to write to his relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. The result is a masterful portrait of a rebel and a major American writer.
About the Author
H.E.F. Donohue is also the author of The Higher Animals.
Nelson Algren (1909-1981) won the National Book Award in 1950 for The Man with the Golden Arm. His works include Walk on the Wild Side, The Neon Wilderness, and Chicago: City on the Make, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful insight for Algren fans
A fascinating transcript of conversations, circa 1962-64, with my literary hero. Algren discusses his life, his books, the literary establishment and the world at large with his usual combination of humor, swagger and keen insight.
