The Neon Wilderness
24 Short Stories
by Nelson Algren
ISBN: 0848804155
ISBN-13: 9780848804152
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This collection of realistic stories about the unhappy lives of Polish immigrants in the Chicago slums is, for many admirers of Algren, their favorite work.
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"Since the publication of THE NEON WILDERNESS...Nelson Algren has been acknowledged as a master of that American realism touched with poetry, which attempts to give a voice to the insulted and injured. He is a philosopher of deprivation, a moral force of considerable dimensions and a wonderful user of the language." -- Donald Barthelme
"It takes a writer of Algren's skill and tenderness and poetic imagination to make the reader care about what becomes of his characters, but he does it magnificently. Beneath each sordid and brutal recital beats the comprehending and compassionate heart." -- Jack Conroy
-- Chicago Bulletin
"Algren's short stories are now generally acknowledged to be literary triumphs." -- John Hess
-- New York Times
"When I first read 'The Neon Wilderness' I was knocked out and the funny thing is, as I re-read it I was KO'd again. That's the thing: Nelson's stories are part of our lasting literature. They don't fade away." -- Studs Terkel
-- Chicago Sun Times Book Review
"Once more I have been impressed by Algren's talent, his probity and his command of a tough language that he transforms into a raw and bleeding poetry." -- Malcolm Cowley
-- Nation
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Amereon Ltd
Published date: 1992
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