The Disinherited - Softcover

Conroy, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882081500 ISBN 13: 9780882081502

Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books, 1983

Synopsis

Conroy's proletarian novel captures the harsh reality of working class life and delves into the character of the American laborer during the Depression

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Review

"In remarkably vivid prose the world of the working stiff jumps at you from the pages of The Disinherited, carrying with it the smell of burning chemicals, of cheap gin mills, of flop houses, the sound of rasping saws, the discomfort of cold winds off Lake Erie, the troubles of second-hand cars and of shoddy love affairs snatched at whenever one is not too tired from the daily grind."--New York Times

"In remarkably vivid prose the world of the working stiff jumps at you from the pages of The Disinherited, carrying with it the smell of burning chemicals, of cheap gin mills, of flop houses, the sound of rasping saws, the discomfort of cold winds off Lake Erie, the troubles of second-hand cars and of shoddy love affairs snatched at whenever one is not too tired from the daily grind."--New York Times

About the Author

Jack Conroy (1898-1990) was a Missouri-born writer who founded The Anvil, a Depression-era proletarian magazine famous for launching the careers of such writers as Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and William Carlos Williams.Douglas Wixson is Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He edited The Weed King and Other Stories by Jack Conroy and is Jack Conroy's literary executor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0882081500
• ISBN 13: 9780882081502
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English