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The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics)

The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

As soon as it first appeared in 1953, this gem by the great Saul Bellow was hailed as an American classic. Bold, expansive, and keenly humorous, The Adventures of Augie March blends street language with literary elegance to tell the story of a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. A "born recruit," Augie makes himself available for hire by plungers, schemers, risk takers, and... (more)

Humboldt's Gift

by Saul Bellow

A chronicle of success and failure, this work is Bellow's tale of the writer's life in America. When Humboldt dies a failure in a seedy New York hotel, Charlie Citrine coping with the tribulations of his own success, begins to realize the significance of his own life.

Herzog

by Saul Bellow

In one of his finest achievements, Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero, a man struggling with the complexity of existence and longing for redemption. Introduction by Philip Roth

Henderson the Rain King

by Saul Bellow

Ravelstein (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

Ravelstein (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by Saul Bellow

Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university and a man who glories in training the movers and shakers of the political world. He has lived grandly and ferociously-and much beyond his means. His close friend Chick has suggested that he put forth a book of his convictions about the ideas which sustain humankind, or kill it, and much to Ravelstein's own surprise, he does and becomes a... (more)

The Victim (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

Bellow's second novel charts the descent into paranoia of Asa Leventhal, sub-editor of a trade magazine. With his wife away visiting her mother, Asa is alone, but not for long. His sister-in-law summons him to Staten Island to help with his sick nephew. Other demands mount, and readers witness a man losing control.

Dangling Man (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Bellow’s first novel documents Joseph’s psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.

Mr. Sammler's Planet

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 gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. "Sorry for all... (more)

Seize the Day (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Seize the Day (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

by Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick

GBF Discussion; Guide online Introduction by Cynthia Ozick.

It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow, who will be celebrating his 80th birthday in June 1995, offers an eclectic collection of insightful views on a wide variety of topics, ranging from a tribute to Mozart to remembrances of friends such as John Cheever and Allan Bloom to myriad ruminations on his beloved city of Chicago. NPR sponsorship.

The Actual : A Novella

by Saul Bellow

In this wise and dazzling work of fiction, Nobel laureate Saul Bellow writes comically and tragically about the tenacity of first love. ""The Actual" (is) the ultimate springtime story".--"San Francisco Chronicle Book Review".

The Dean's December by Saul Bellow

by Saul Bellow

The downside of being pugnacious and feisty is that people stop taking you seriously next time you jump into a scrap. This seems to be what happened to this undeservedly neglected book by a great and feisty American writer. Known for bringing artistic beauty, dimensionality, and a golden aura of wisdom to his tough Chicago turf, Bellow here took the gloves off. His University of Chicago Dean hero struggles with... (more)

More Die of HeartbreakSaul Bellow

More Die of Heartbreak

by Saul Bellow

The Bellarosa Connection

by Saul Bellow

The Nobel laureate's second trade paperback original (following A Theft ) is a flabby novella that interweaves, and never resolves, two discrete themes. The aging, lonely and nostalgic narrator, a memory specialist, summons from the past the book's story within a story concerning his onetime acquaintance, Jewish refugee Harry Fonstein. Saved from the hands of the Nazis by an Italian underground movement... (more)

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The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

Humboldt's Gift

by Saul Bellow

Herzog

by Saul Bellow

Henderson the Rain King

by Saul Bellow

Ravelstein (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by Saul Bellow

The Victim (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

Dangling Man (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

Mr. Sammler's Planet

by Saul Bellow

Seize the Day (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

by Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick

It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by Saul Bellow

The Actual : A Novella

by Saul Bellow

The Dean's December by Saul Bellow

by Saul Bellow

More Die of Heartbreak

by Saul Bellow

The Bellarosa Connection

by Saul Bellow