A Walk on the Wild Side (Classic Reprint Series) - Softcover

Algren, Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938410806 ISBN 13: 9780938410805

Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Pr, 1990

Synopsis

New Orleans in the 1930s is the seamy world of lost and lovelorn Dove Linkhorn and Kitty Twist, of their lust and violence, and of their toughness and survival

About this title

From the Back Cover:

With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk on the Wild Side found a place in the imaginations of all the generations that have followed since. Perhaps his own words describe the book best: "The book asks why lost people sometimes develop into greater human beings than those who have never been lost in their whole lives. Why men who have suffered at the hands of other men are the natural believers in humanity, while those whose part has been simply to acquire, to take all and give nothing, are the most contemptuous of mankind".

About the Author:

NELSON ALGREN (1909-1981), now considered one of America s finest novelists, was born in Detroit and lived most of his life in Chicago. His jobs included migrant worker, journalist, and medical worker. He is the author of five novels, including The Man with the Golden Arm, which was the winner of the first National Book Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0938410806
• ISBN 13: 9780938410805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368