| Algren at Sea: Notes from a Sea Diary & Who Lost an American?#travel Writings Centennial Edition Contributor(s): Algren, Nelson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583228411 ISBN-13: 9781583228418 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: This collection of Nelson Algren's travel writings documents his journeys through the seamier sides of great American cities and the international social and political landscapes of the mid-1960s. "Notes from a Sea Diary" offers one of the most remarkable appraisals of Ernest Hemingway ever written. Aboard the freighter "Malayasia Mail," Algren ponders his personal encounter with Hemingway in Cuba, and the values inherent in Hemingway's stories, as he visits the ports of Pusan, Kowloon, Bombay, and Calcutta. "Who Lost an American?" is a whirlwind spin through Paris and playboy clubs, New York publishing and Dublin pubs, Crete, and Chicago as Algren adventures with Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Brendan Behan, and Juliette Grco. Nelson Algren (19091981) wrote of the despised urban underbelly of America before it was fashionable to do so, and still stands as one of our most defiant and enduring novelists. His novels include "The Man with the Golden Arm," winner of the first National Book Award, "A Walk on the Wild Side," and "Never Come Morning," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Special Interest - Literary |
| Dewey: 818.520 |
| LCCN: 2008038735 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (1.15 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nelson Algren's two travel writing books describe his journeys through the seamier sides of great American cities and the international social and political landscapes of the mid-1960s. Algren at Sea brings them together in one volume. Notes from a Sea Diary offers one of the most remarkable appraisals of Ernest Hemingway ever written. Aboard the freighter Malayasia Mail, Algren ponders his personal encounter with Hemingway in Cuba and the values inherent in Hemingway's stories as he visits the ports of Pusan, Kowloon, Bombay, and Calcutta. Who Lost an American? is a whirlwind spin through Paris and Playboy clubs, New York publishing and Dublin pubs, Crete and Chicago, as Algren adventures with Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Brendan Behan, and Juliette Gr co. |