""Admired by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Dashiell Hammett, The Day of the Locust is one of Time magazine's Best 100 English-Language Novels. No book captures so perfectly the grungy fringes of Hollywood: out-of-work actors, stage parents, and film extras with big dreams. But it's the bit actress Faye Greener who steals the spotlight with her wildly convoluted ambitions: 'I'm going to be a star some day ? if I'm not, I'll commit suicide.'" --Description from back of book."
"Following the tale of Tod Hackett - a brilliant young artist who is brought to an LA studio as a set designer - 'The Day of the Locust' is an exposure of the sordid reality beneath the surface of Hollywood."
"Following the tale of Tod Hackett - a brilliant young artist who is brought to an LA studio as a set designer - 'The Day of the Locust' is an exposure of the sordid reality beneath the surface of Hollywood."@en
"At the height of the Great Depression, aspiring artist Tod Hackett falls in love with Faye Greener, a beautiful starlet with big dreams. Through his work as a costume designer and his burgeoning friendship with Faye, Tod is introduced to the world behind the movies, and the varied and unusual characters that populate the fringes of Hollywood. Widely regarded as one of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century, The Day of the Locust was adapted for a 1975 film starring William Atherton, Karen Black, and Donald Sutherland. It has also been referenced in many forms of media, including the graphic novel Y: The Last Man, and is believed to have inspired the character of Homer Simpson in The Simpsons by Matt Groening. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
"Le jeune héros, Tod Hackett, travaille à un tableau qui porte le titre de ce roman qui nous plonge dans les années 30, au début du cinéma parlant, à travers sa cohorte de spectateurs avides et forcenés, d'acteurs de seconde zone et de ratés en tous genres."
"West fictionalizes the working class of Tinseltown, in this novel that studies several men working at the peripheral edge of the movie industry and their mutual obsession with a daydreaming girl."@en
"Tells about Hollywood's decadence in the late 1930s. A deeply insightful work powerful in its presentation, staggering in its vision."
"Describes the seedy world of Hollywood and its people--some hopeful, and some despairing, from a romantic artist narrator to a macho movie cowboy, and the hard-as-nails call girl/would-be-movie star for whom they all lust."@en
""The story tells of Todd Hackett, an artist just graduated from Yale, who is brought to Hollywood by the agent for a studio and takes a job designing sets and costumes for the movies ..."--Prospectus page 1."@en
"Wiederentdeckung eines US-amerikanischen Kultautors Hollywood: nirgends gedeihen Illusionen prächtiger, nirgends werden sie rascher entsorgt. Hauptsache, die Show geht weiter. Dieser Roman ist eine herrlich respektlose Nahaufnahme der Traumfabrik, eine filmreife Parodie auf Starkult und kollektiven Selbstbetrug. Keiner hat das wahre Hollywood mit seinen Widersprüchen, Abgründen und Hell-Dunkel-Kontrasten schärfer erfasst als Nathanael West. In seiner Satire widmet er sich den Schattenseiten einer durch und durch künstlichen Welt, in der die Verlierer in der Überzahl sind: die ewigen Statisten, Sternchen, Schmalspurdiven und Reservehelden. Je zweifelhafter deren Aussicht auf das grosse Los, desto verbissener hängen sie ihren Illusionen nach - und überbieten sich in einer Parade der Peinlichkeiten und Selbstentblössungen. Einmal mehr besticht Nathanael West hier mit der hohen Kunst der Zuspitzung. Schonungslos bis zum Zynismus legt er das Urkomische im Tragischen frei und entlarvt seine Figuren als hoffnungslose Träumer, ohne sie dabei zu diffamieren. Wunsch und Wirklichkeit mögen noch so weit auseinanderklaffen, menschliche Sehnsüchte sind einfach nicht totzukriegen. So ist dieses Buch eine Demaskierung des neuzeitlichen Wahns, um jeden Preis ein Star werden zu müssen, und ein tiefer Seufzer angesichts evidenter Aussichtslosigkeit. Neuübersetzung Nathanael West (1904-1940), Sohn litauischer Juden, wurde als Nathan Weinstein in New York geboren. In den 1930er-Jahren Drehbuchschreiber in Hollywood, war er mit so namhaften Schriftstellerkollegen wie F. Scott Fitzgerald oder Dashiell Hammett befreundet. Sein schmales, aber hochkarätiges Erzählwerk weist ihn als gewitzten Kritiker neuzeitlicher Glücksideologien aus."
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