Locust day. Friend of the Mourners
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The Day of the Locust, written by West while working in Hollywood during the early golden age of American cinema, is featured on Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century and Time's 100 Best English-Language Novels 1923 to 2005. In 1975, it was filmed by the classic of American cinema, John Schlesinger.
The young production designer Tod Hecket belongs to the middle strata of the aristocracy of the "dream factory". However, his acquaintance with the unusually beautiful and quick-witted aspiring actress Fay Griner and the small businessman Homer Simpson, who is in love with her, introduces him to a whole new world of Hollywood "little people" - stuntmen, extras and episode actors. Tod could not even imagine what kind of life is hidden behind the facade of the cinematic "paradise" in reality ...
The publication also includes the story "The Mourner's Friend".
The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Уэст Натанаэл
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Age
- 16
- Series
- The foreign classics (АСТ)
- Release date
- 1939, 1933
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Written while working in Hollywood during the early golden age of American cinema, "The Day of the Locust" is one of the Top 100 English-Language...