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The Neon Wilderness
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #382440 in Books
- Published on: 2002-12-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
The stories in THE NEON WILDERNESS established Algren in the pantheon of American writers and formed the vein that he mined for all of his subsequent novels and stories. Now available again, this handsome paperback edition includes: "A Bottle of Milk for Mother," about a youth being cornered for a murder; "The Face on the Barroom Floor," in which a legless man nearly pummels someone to death; and "So Help Me," Algren's first published story.
Customer Reviews
Stories of stickmen, pugs, outlaws and other misfits
The Neon Wilderness is as a collection of the short stories Algren wrote in the beginning of his career. It was published in 1947, almost 60 years ago, but is still a real, bleak and oddly funny portrayal of the downtrodden and beat.
This edition also features an afterword by Studs Terkel and an Interview with Nelson Algren.
