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    1. Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

      by Saul Bellow

      Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a "registrar of madness," a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon landings, endless possibilities). His Cyclopean... (learn more about this book)


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    1. Chicago Stories (1993)

      by John R. Miller

      Hometown and host to talents as diverse as Richard Wright, David Mamet, Maya Angelou, Saul Bellow, and Mike Royko, Chicago boasts a rich tradition of writers who have helped shape our sense of the city even as the city informs their best work. It’s "a writer’s town . . . a fighter’s town,"... (learn more about this book)

    1. The Best American Short Stories

      The Best American Short Stories of the Century

      by Katrina Kenison, John Updike

      Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT... (learn more about this book)


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    1. Conversations With Saul Bellow (1994)

      by Saul Bellow, Gloria Cronin, Ben Siegel

      For over forty years Saul Bellow has been writing fiction that denounces the destructive forces that have dominated the literature of this century--existential nihilism and historicist pessimism. In novel after novel--The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, Humbolt's Gift, Mr. Sammler's ... (learn more about this book)