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The Day of the Locust

Nathanael West

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Belletristik / Hauptwerk vor 1945

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The Day of the Locust is a novel by American author Nathanael West set in Hollywood, California. The novel follows a young artist from the Yale School of Fine Arts named Tod Hackett, who has been hired by a Hollywood studio to do scene design and painting. While he works he plans an important painting to be called "The Burning of Los Angeles," a portrayal of the chaotic and fiery holocaust which will destroy the city.

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Klassiker, englisch, Nathanael West, Heuschrecke, Locust