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What is the answer to Algren's question: Who lost an American? He points his finger at commerce and the figure of the businessman. Algren laments the effect of affluence for draining post-World War II society of its creative spirit.
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Algren at sea : Who lost an American? & Notes from a sea diary : travel writings. by. Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. Publication date. 2008. Topics. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 -- Travel, Essays, American -- 20th century. Publisher.
Nelson Algren (born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham; March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981) was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
Notes From a Sea Diary & Who Lost an American (2009) Loving Chicago is like loving a woman. with a broken nose. Algren won the first National Book Award in 1950 for The Man with the Golden Arm, a novel set on Chicago’s Northwest Side and, like much of his work, concerned with the city’s quasi-criminal underbelly.
Aboard the freighter Malayasia Mail, Algren ponders his personal encounter with Hemingway in Cuba and the values inherent in Hemingway’s stories as he visits the ports of Pusan, Kowloon, Bombay,...
9 de may. de 2024 · Nelson Algren (born March 28, 1909, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died May 9, 1981, Sag Harbor, New York) was an American writer whose novels of the poor are lifted from routine naturalism by his vision of their pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings.
