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| | 3. |  | Herzog (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $8.16
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For an exercise in intellectual pretentiousness, it would be tough to beat Saul Bellow's writing of the literary monstrosity entitled HERZOG. What a stupendous waste of time and paper. The book is essentially unreadable. Though, like the mountain climber who just has to finish what he starts, I hung... more info
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| | 5. |  | Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $7.93
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Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's wrote this short novel in 1970. It deals with a few days in the life of the aged Polish scholar Mr. Artur Sammler. Sammler survived a mass burial during the holocaust during which his wife was murdered and he lost an eye beaten in by a gun butt. Sammler escaped to... more info
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| | 6. |  | Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $9.13
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Having read Mr. Sammler's Planet, I had high hopes for this novel. I pictured something loaded with insight
and jewels of descriptions on every page. This book has scant few of these things and lots of name dropping rambling unconvincing philosophy and boring characters...(Where are all the... more info
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| | 7. |  | More Die of Heartbreak (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $7.00
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A comedy on modern life and love with a plot that allows Bellow to explore his favourite themes on the role of higher culture in a world that worships the base;are we what we see or how we see the world?
It helps to know the plot a little beforehand,I re read after my first reading to fully... more info
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| | 8. |  | Henderson the Rain King
from Penguin Classics
Price: $10.20
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The wealthy Eugene Henderson carries immense emotional pain, which makes him a difficult and childish man. To cope with this pain, Henderson flees his life in Connecticut and travels to Africa, where he hopes to experience a new emotional dynamic, liberating him from his craziness and torment. In... more info
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| | 10. |  | Collected Stories
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $8.75
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Most of these stories are vintage Bellow continuing his themes, particularly difficult relatives or just plain screwing up with family. Poignant and funny and plenty of what lies in between.
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