Nelson Algren

Broschiertes Buch

A Walk On The Wild Side

Beschreibung

The book that inspired Lou Reed's 'A Walk on the Wild Side' and was made into a screenplay by John Fante

Autor

Nelson Algren was born in 1909 in Detroit and lived mostly in Chicago. His published works including A Walk on the Wild Side (which inspired the Lou Reed song of the same name), Somebody in Boots and Never Come Morning. He was also a prolific writer of short stories, essays, travelogues and poems. In 1950 The Man with the Golden Arm earned him the first American National Book Award. His life was a succession of gambling problems, disastrous marriages and wild extremes - ranging from Texas prisons and skid-row soup-kitchens to Hollywood parties and literary celebrations. He also had a passionate love affair with French feminist Simone de Beauvoir. Algren died in 1981, shortly after being appointed as a fellow of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781841956800
• ISBN-10: 1841956805
• Artikelnr.: 21197729