[West, Nathanael (subject)]: Martin, Jay:

$1,750 · Offered by William Reese Company

[The Substantial Manuscript Archive for:] NATHANAEL WEST THE ART OF HIS LIFE. The substantial archive of notes for, and drafts of, Martin's authoritative biography of West, Nathanael West The Art of His Life, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1970, and described by the NYT as "a meticulous, responsible account of the tragically brief life and slim output of a writer who turned the junk of mass culture into tough, serious art." West's four prescient works of fiction, The Dream Life of Balso Snell, Miss Lonelyhearts, A Cool Million, and Day of the Locust, left an indelible mark in the higher levels of 20th century fiction written in English.

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