Pen name of Nathan Weinstein (1904-1940) surrealist influenced novels capture the absurdity and extremity of modern American life and the dark side of the American dream.
Short Biography:
The Day of the Locust in 1939 explores the violent fantasies induced by Hollywood, where West was a screenwriter. Miss Lonelyhearts in 1933 is about an agonised male agony aunt on a newspaper who feels the misfortunes of his correspondents; A Cool Million in 1934 satirises the rags-to-riches dream of success.
Why is Nathanael West famous?
Nathanael West was an American black-humour novelist, born in New York.
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