<![CDATA[Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)]]>

false <![CDATA[Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166489712m/11910.jpg 11910 20 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 and sore at heart, he observes how greater luxury and leisure have only led to more human suffering. To Mr. Sammlerwho by the end of this ferociously unsentimental novel has found the compassionate consciousness necessary to bridge the gap between himself and his fellow beingsa good life is one in which a person does what is required of him. To know and to meet the terms of the contract was as true a life as one could live. At its heart, this novel is quintessential Bellow: moral, urbane, sublimely humane. 1228744 1970 Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics) total:422|5:90|4:152|3:128|2:37|1:15| 422 1531 633 34 5 1 false false Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 10:53:58 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 10:58:20 -0700 2008 Mr. Sammler’s Planet is a stop-action photograph of a century rushing by on full blast. Not just any century; this is the twentieth, the time when traditional society went by the boards. The author aims his lens within New York City, so we might expect a pretty interesting still. That’s just w...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 04 20:26:43 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 21:15:59 -0700 2007 Augie March, and the contrast was interesting. Augie was trying to figure out what to do that would make his life matter. Sammler does the things that matter -- surviving the Holocaust, killing Nazis, etc. All those accomplishments don't seem to give the reward that y...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 14:10:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 14:13:18 -0800 2009
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Enlightenment, universal education, universal suffrage, the rights of the majority acknowledged by all governments, t...

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