The Man with the Golden Arm
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
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Blackstone Publishing , 2009.
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Description
The Man with the Golden Arm is Nelson Algren's most powerful and enduring work. On the 50th anniversary of its publication in November 1949, for which Algren was honored with the first National Book Award (which he received from none other than Eleanor Roosevelt at a ceremony in March 1950), Seven Stories is proud to release the first critical edition of an Algren work.A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg wrote of its "strange midnight dignity." A literary tour de force, here is a novel unlike any other, one in which drug addiction, poverty, and human failure somehow suggest a defense of human dignity and a reason for hope.Special contributions by Russell Banks, Bettina Drew, James R. Giles, Carlo Rotella, William Savage, Lee Stringer, Studs Terkel, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.
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eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
6/30/2009
Language
English
ISBN
9781483066523
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Published Reviews
Library Journal Review
This 50th-anniversary edition of Algren's signature novel features the full text plus a photo essay on the author and a letter in which Algren describes the book's genesis. If your current copies need junking, replace it with this fine edition. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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This 50th-anniversary edition of Algren's signature novel features the full text plus a photo essay on the author and a letter in which Algren describes the book's genesis. If your current copies need junking, replace it with this fine edition. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Algren, N., & Hillgartner, M. (2009). The Man with the Golden Arm (Unabridged). Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Algren, Nelson and Malcolm Hillgartner. 2009. The Man With the Golden Arm. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Algren, Nelson and Malcolm Hillgartner. The Man With the Golden Arm Blackstone Publishing, 2009.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Algren, N. and Hillgartner, M. (2009). The man with the golden arm. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Algren, Nelson, and Malcolm Hillgartner. The Man With the Golden Arm Unabridged, Blackstone Publishing, 2009.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Copy Details
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| Libby | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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