This National Book Award winning novel traces five days in the life of a man whose wife has recently left him for his best friend. Through letter writing, Herzog movingly portrays both his own...
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Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:Genre: Classic fiction -
Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:Tommy Wilhelm is separated from his family, at odds with his father, failed in his career, and in a financial mess. One climactic day, while he reviews his past mistakes, a mysterious con man...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:Augie is a poor but exuberant boy growing up in Chicago during the Depression. While his friends all settle into chosen professions, Augie demands a special destiny. He tests out a wild succession...
Genre: Bildungsromans, Historical fiction -
Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:In this collection of more than thirty essays originally published in the New York Times, Esquire, and the New Republic, Saul Bellow ranges fluidly across topics as various as the talents of...
Genre: Essays -
Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:For years, they were the best of friends: Humboldt, a grand, erratic figure, and Charlie, a young man of frenzied and noble longings. But by the 1970s, Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Literary fiction -
Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:
Saul Bellow evokes all the rich colors and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding...
Genre: Humorous fiction, Canadian fiction