Conversations with Nelson Algren
By: H.E.F. Donohue and Nelson Algren.
Contributors: Algren, Nelson, 1909-
Edition: University of Chicago Press ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Algren, Nelson, 1909- -- Interviews.; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: "In these conversations Nelson Algren reveals himself with all the gruff humor, deflating insight, honesty, and critical brilliance that marked his career. Encouraged by questions from H.E.F. Donohue, Algren discusses everything from his childhood to his complusion to write to his relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. The result is a masterful portrait of a rebel and a major American writer."--BOOK JACKET.