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A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel by Algren, Nelson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel about?
With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, *A Walk on the Wild Side* found a place in the imagination of all the generations that have followed since. As Algren admitted, it *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 his own words describe the book 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.Cover Photograph: Jason Fulford*Wörter : 116993
Who reads A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Algren, Nelson
- Publisher
- The Noonday Press
- Published
- 1956
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140035650
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.99 / 5 (946 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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