Louis Adamic and The Book-of-the-Month Club

To Slovene readers the honoring of Louis Adamic's book The Native's Return as the Book­ of-the-Month Club selection for February 1934 came as a surprise. This article, however, provides an overview of events and actions that culminated in the decision of the Club's judges in order to...

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Main Author: Jerneja Petrič
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2004-12-01
Series:Acta Neophilologica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/6252
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description To Slovene readers the honoring of Louis Adamic's book The Native's Return as the Book­ of-the-Month Club selection for February 1934 came as a surprise. This article, however, provides an overview of events and actions that culminated in the decision of the Club's judges in order to show that the whole success story had been carefully planned by Louis Adamic who bad put an enormous amount of effort into making his book a bestseller, and succeeded.
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spelling doaj.art-ee6bb3c5db274bb48c0eab793ded8cf62023-01-18T08:47:06ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Neophilologica0567-784X2350-417X2004-12-01371-210.4312/an.37.1-2.9-15Louis Adamic and The Book-of-the-Month ClubJerneja Petrič0University of LjubljanaTo Slovene readers the honoring of Louis Adamic's book The Native's Return as the Book­ of-the-Month Club selection for February 1934 came as a surprise. This article, however, provides an overview of events and actions that culminated in the decision of the Club's judges in order to show that the whole success story had been carefully planned by Louis Adamic who bad put an enormous amount of effort into making his book a bestseller, and succeeded.https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/6252American literature / Slovene authors / Book clubs
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