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Title: A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-374-52532-3 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not exactly an uplifting read
Comment: I've read this book twice now. First in college for a literature class, and again 8 years later. Both times it depressed me. Granted, that is the book's purpose. To provide a realistic and tragic glimpse into the lives of some of America's least fortunate during the depression. Though it is interesting and well written, I can't say that I would tell my best friend to read it.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my favorites
Comment: This book is about people who have nothing to lose, so they can afford to take chances.
It's funny, sad and provocative. Yes, I know that some parts have been lifted from "Neon Wilderness" but it works for me.
My advice to anyone who's read the book but not seen the movie that's "supposedly" based on this book: DON'T.
You will be disappointed. The story is not the same. It's so different from Algren's book that Algren himself didn't even attend the premiere.
If you haven't read this book and are a fan of stories about marganalized people, then by all means, read it.
It shows the "downtrodden" as complex and real people.
Rating: 5
Summary: Walking the Walk
Comment: Don't be misled by the title. A walk on the wild side? Sounds like fun, hey? Well, you can walk the walk, but you can't go home again, or if you do, you may be a little the worse for wear. Algren is a poet of pain. Highly recommended.
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Title: The Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren ISBN: 1583220089 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Neon Wilderness by Nelson Algren, Tom Carson ISBN: 1583225501 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Nonconformity: Writing on Writing by Nelson Algren ISBN: 1888363622 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Never Come Morning by Nelson Algren, Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 1583222790 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Last Carousel by Nelson Algren ISBN: 1888363452 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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