{"product_id":"lonelyhearts-the-screwball-world-of-nathanael-west-and-eileen-mckenney-paperback","title":"Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarion Meade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathanael West was a comic artist whose insight into the brutalities and absurdities of modern life proved prophetic. He is famous for two masterpieces, \u003cem\u003e Miss Lonelyhearts \u003c\/em\u003eand the most penetrating novel ever written about Hollywood, \u003cem\u003eThe Day of the Locust\u003c\/em\u003e. Eileen McKenney, accidental muse and literary heroine, fled Cleveland in search of romance and adventure, inspiring her sister's humorous stories, \u003cem\u003eMy Sister Eileen\u003c\/em\u003e, which led to stage, film, and television adaptations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil their tragic deaths in 1940, husband and wife were intimate with many of the literary, theatrical, and movie notables of the era, and in this dual biography, they provide a one-of-a-kind lens into a world that continues to capture artists' imaginations. With trenchant insight and erudite charm, acclaimed biographer Marion Meade restores the star-crossed lovers to their rightful places in the rich cultural tapestry of interwar America and paints a lively tableau of one of the country's most engrossing eras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great marriage of scholarship and gossip. \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Meade deftly choreographs these boldface names as they rush to and fro between Hollywood and New York, those antipodes of 1930s writers.\" \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003eSet in the 1930s against the bright lights of New York and the klieg lights of Hollywood, a dazzling joint biography and lively snapshot of one of our most captivating erasNathanael West was a comic artist whose insight into the absurdities of modern life proved prophetic. Eileen McKenney, accidental literary heroine, was the inspiration for her sister Ruth s humorous bestseller, \u003ci\u003eMy Sister Eileen, \u003c\/i\u003e which led to stage, film, and television adaptations, including Leonard Bernstein s 1953 musical \u003ci\u003eWonderful Town.\u003c\/i\u003e Until their tragic deaths in 1940, West and McKenney were intimate with many of the notables of the era, and in this dual biography, they provide a one-of-a-kind lens into a world that continues to capture our imaginations. With trenchant insight and erudite charm, acclaimed biographer Marion Meade paints a dynamic tableau of interwar America and of two of its most charming actors.\"Meade s dual biography smartly plays one life against the other, maximizing the gradual tension that comes from watching two fireballs happily, and then disastrously, collide.\" \u003ci\u003eFree Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, SC)MARION MEADE is the author of \u003ci\u003eDorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also written biographies of Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Madame Blavatsky, and Victoria Woodhull, as well as two novels about medieval France.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 7.98 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444664856883,"sku":"9780547386386","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VALc-U7bQn9780547386386.webp?v=1783116080","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lonelyhearts-the-screwball-world-of-nathanael-west-and-eileen-mckenney-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}