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Herzog

Herzog

by Saul Bellow

Middle-aged menJewish menCollege teachersFailure (Psychology)Fiction
3.8
Open Library
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First lines

If I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog.

About this book

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

Themes & subjects

Middle-aged menJewish menCollege teachersFailure (Psychology)FictionMiddle aged men

Characters & people

Setting

United States

About the author

Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow

10 June 1915 – 5 April 2005

Saul Bellow was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.[2] He is the only writer to have won the National Book Award three times, and the only writer to have been nominated for it six times. Source and more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow

Author

Saul Bellow

Pages

400

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

74

Languages

English, Polish, Spanish

Publisher

Viking Press

ISBN

9780670018109

Where to buy

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