A Cool Million presents the dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin, piece by piece. As a satire of the Horatio Alger myth of success, the novel is evocative of Voltaire’s Candide, which satirized the philosophical optimism of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Alexander Pope. Pitkin is a typical Schlemiel, stumbling from one situation to the next; he gets robbed, cheated, unjustly arrested, frequently beaten and exploited.
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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American author and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries.
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Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● Strony 138 ● ISBN 9783753453774 ● Rozmiar pliku 0.2 MB ● Wydawca Books on Demand ● Opublikowany 2021 ● Ydanie 1 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 7827166 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM
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