A walk on the wild side
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Published
New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
Format
Book
Edition
First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition.
ISBN
9780374525323, 0374525323
Physical Desc
xi, 346 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
Edition
First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374525323, 0374525323
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 1956 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Description
Overview: With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk in the Wild Side has found a place in the imaginations of all generations since it first appeared. As Algren admitted, the book "wasn't written until long after it had been walked. I found my way to the streets on the other side of the Southern Pacific station, where the big jukes were singing something called 'Walking the Wild Side of Life.' I've stayed pretty much on that side of the curb ever since." Perhaps the author's own words describe this classic work best: "The book asks why lost people sometimes develop into greater human beings than those who have never been lost in their whole lives. Why men who have suffered at the hands of other men are the natural believers in humanity, while those whose part has been simply to acquire, to take all and give nothing, are the most contemptuous of mankind."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Algren, N. (1998). A walk on the wild side (First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. 1998. A Walk On the Wild Side. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. A Walk On the Wild Side Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Algren, Nelson. A Walk On the Wild Side First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
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