| "The Imposter" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Nathanael West | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The New Yorker, June 2, 1997; Nathanael West: Novels & Other Writings |
| Publication type | Magazine; Collection |
| Publisher | Library of America |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | 1997 (written in early 1930s) |
"The Imposter" is a short story written by Nathanael West in the early 1930s; it was not published in West's lifetime and first appeared in The New Yorker on June 2, 1997, and in the Library of America edition of West's collected work: Novels & Other Writings. The story, told by a struggling writer and set among the expatriate community in 1920s Paris, deals with a failed sculptor named Beano Walsh, who claims he cannot create his art since the anatomy books are all wrong.