Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s (Loa #94): The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Hardcover - 1997
by Robert Polito (Editor)
Disturbing, poetic, anarchic, punctuated by terrifying bursts of rage and paranoia, and powerfully evocative of the lost and desperate back alleys of American life, these underground classics are being made permanently and widely available for the first time in a groundbreaking two-volume collection from The Library of America. This volume includes "The Postman Always Rings Twice; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Thieves Like Us; The Big Clock; Nightmare Alley"; and "I Married a Dead Man".
From the rear cover
This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes.
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- Title Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s (Loa #94): The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big
- Author Robert Polito (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 990
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Library of America, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-09-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9781883011468 / 1883011469
- Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 8.18 x 5.31 x 1.29 in (20.78 x 13.49 x 3.28 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Library of Congress subjects American fiction - 20th century, Detective and mystery stories, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97002485
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/1997, Page 1074
- Library Journal, 09/01/1997, Page 224
- New York Times, 11/30/1997, Page 24
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