PEL The Day of the Locust基本信息 Format Paperback | 176 pagesDimensions 130 x 198 x 11mm | 136gPublication date 07 Jun 2018Publisher Penguin Books LtdImprint PENGUIN CLASSICSPublication City/Country London, United KingdomLanguage EnglishISBN10 0241341671ISBN13 9780241341674页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准书籍简介 "他开始怀疑自己是否也有那种根深蒂固病态的冷漠，因为他喜欢把这种冷漠带到别人身上。"托德·哈克特是一位才华横溢的年轻艺术家，同时也是一个处于失去自己内心的危险之中的人。他被带到洛杉矶的一个工作室担任布景设计师，很快就陷入了一个名人崇拜的奇幻世界。但当他被美丽的飞鸿迷住时，他的梦想很快变成了一场噩梦。飞鸿是一位有抱负的女演员，偶尔也会做应召女郎。因为托德相貌平庸，又没钱买她的时间，他绝望的激情只会导致挫折、幻灭和愤 ... 展开完整描述 ▼
PEL The Day of the Locust
基本信息
Format Paperback | 176 pages
Dimensions 130 x 198 x 11mm | 136g
Publication date 07 Jun 2018
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint PENGUIN CLASSICS
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
I SB N10 0241341671
I SB N13 9780241341674
页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准
书籍简介
"他开始怀疑自己是否也有那种根深蒂固病态的冷漠，因为他喜欢把这种冷漠带到别人身上。"
托德·哈克特是一位才华横溢的年轻艺术家，同时也是一个处于失去自己内心的危险之中的人。他被带到洛杉矶的一个工作室担任布景设计师，很快就陷入了一个名人崇拜的奇幻世界。
但当他被美丽的飞鸿迷住时，他的梦想很快变成了一场噩梦。飞鸿是一位有抱负的女演员，偶尔也会做应召女郎。因为托德相貌平庸，又没钱买她的时间，他绝望的激情只会导致挫折、幻灭和愤怒……
"He began to wonder if he himself didn"t suffer from the ingrained, morbid apathy he liked to draw in others"
Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules.
But when he become s b esotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare. For, with little in the way of looks and no money to buy her time, Tod"s desperate passion can only lead to frustration, disillusionment and rage ...
作者简介
Nathanael West出生于1903年。1924-1931年，他住在巴黎，在那里他写了《斯内尔的梦幻生活》。回到纽约后，他与威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯一起成为《接触》杂志的副主编。在他生命的最后阶段，他在好莱坞写电影剧本。他和他的妻子在1940年的一场车祸中不幸丧生。
Nathanael West wa s b orn in 1903. From 1924-1931 he lived in Paris where he wrote The Dream Life of Balso Snell. On his return to New York he became associate editor of the magazine Contact alongside William Carlos Williams. Towards the end of his life he worked on film scripts in Hollywood. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940.
