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Bellow: A Biography
By Atlas, James
Bellow: A Biography
In this brilliant and acclaimed biography of Saul Bellow--the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Herzog, The Adventures of Augie March, " and other bestselling books--James Atlas interlaces the stories of Bellow's fascinating and turbulent literary and romantic lives.
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Authors:
Atlas, James
Copyright:
2000
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780375759581
ISBN10:
0375759581
Page Count:
736
Dimensions:
5.59x1.72x8.49
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Jacket Notes:
With this masterly and original work, "Bellow: A Biography, National Book Award nominee James Atlas gives the first definitive account of the Nobel Prize-winning author's turbulent personal and professional life, as it unfolded against the background of twentieth-century events--the Depression, World War II, the upheavals of the sixties--and amid all the complexities of the Jewish-immigrant experience in America, which generated a vibrant new literature.
Drawing upon a vast body of original research, including Bellow's extensive correspondence with Ralph Ellison, Delmore Schwartz, John Berryman, Robert Penn Warren, John Cheever, and many other luminaries of the twentieth-century literary community, Atlas weaves a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most talented and enigmatic figures in American intellectual history.
Detailing Bellow's volatile marriages and numerous tempestuous relation-ships with women, publishers, and friends, "Bellow: A Biography is a magnificent chronicle of one of the premier writers in the English language, whose prize-winning works include "Herzog, "The Adventures of Augie March, and, most recently," Ravelstein.
Drawing upon a vast body of original research, including Bellow's extensive correspondence with Ralph Ellison, Delmore Schwartz, John Berryman, Robert Penn Warren, John Cheever, and many other luminaries of the twentieth-century literary community, Atlas weaves a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most talented and enigmatic figures in American intellectual history.
Detailing Bellow's volatile marriages and numerous tempestuous relation-ships with women, publishers, and friends, "Bellow: A Biography is a magnificent chronicle of one of the premier writers in the English language, whose prize-winning works include "Herzog, "The Adventures of Augie March, and, most recently," Ravelstein.
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With this masterly and original work, Bellow: A Biography, National Book Award nominee James Atlas gives the first definitive account of the Nobel Prize-winning author's turbulent personal and professional life, as it unfolded against the background of twentieth-century events--the Depression, World War II, the upheavals of the sixties--and amid all the complexities of the Jewish-immigrant experience in America, which generated a vibrant new literature. Drawing upon a vast body of original research, including Bellow's extensive correspondence with Ralph Ellison, Delmore Schwartz, John Berryman, Robert Penn Warren, John Cheever, and many other luminaries of the twentieth-century literary community, Atlas weaves a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most talented and enigmatic figures in American intellectual history. Detailing Bellow's volatile marriages and numerous tempestuous relation-ships with women, publishers, and friends, Bellow: A Biography is a magnificent chronicle of one of the premier writers in the English language, whose prize-winning works include Herzog, The Adventures of Augie March, and, most recently, Ravelstein.
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