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The Neon Wilderness

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Algren's short stories are now generally acknowledged to be literary triumphs - The New York Times

Nelson's stories are part of our lasting literature. They don't fade away. - Studs Terkel, from the Afterword

Once more I have been impressed by Algren's talent, his probity and his command of a tough language that he transforms into a raw and bleeding poetry. - Malcolm Cowley in The Nation

Since the publication on The Neon Wilderness... Nelson Algren has been acknowledged as a master of that American Realism touched with poetry, which attempts to give voice to the insulted and injured. He is a philosopher of deprivation, a moral force of considerable dimensions and a wonderful user of the language - Donald Barthelme

Mr Algren, boy you are good - one of the two best authors in America - Ernest Hemingway

Language: English

Pages: 308

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Release: January 08, 2002

ISBN: 1583225501

ISBN 13: 9781583225509

The Neon Wilderness

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Algren's short stories are now generally acknowledged to be literary triumphs - The New York Times

Nelson's stories are part of our lasting literature. They don't fade away. - Studs Terkel, from the Afterword

Once more I have been impressed by Algren's talent, his probity and his command of a tough language that he transforms into a raw and bleeding poetry. - Malcolm Cowley in The Nation

Since the publication on The Neon Wilderness... Nelson Algren has been acknowledged as a master of that American Realism touched with poetry, which attempts to give voice to the insulted and injured. He is a philosopher of deprivation, a moral force of considerable dimensions and a wonderful user of the language - Donald Barthelme

Mr Algren, boy you are good - one of the two best authors in America - Ernest Hemingway

Language: English

Pages: 308

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Release: January 08, 2002

ISBN: 1583225501

ISBN 13: 9781583225509

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