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A novel complex, compelling, absurd and realistic, <i>Herzog</i> became a classic almost as soon as it was published in 1964. In it Saul Bellow tells the tale of Moses E. Herzog, a tragically confused intellectual who suffers from the breakup of his second marriage, the general failure of his life and the specter of growing up Jewish in the middle part of the 20th century. He responds to his personal crisis by sending out a series of letters to all kinds of people. The letters in total constitute a thoughtful examination of his own life and that which has occurred around him. What emerges is not always pretty, but serves as gritty foundation for this absorbing novel.
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There's a little thing I do when I can't write: When I'm feeling sleepy, when m...
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Dear Saul,
I'm afraid it's over. I can no longer have you on my favorite authors list. (No, no let go of F. Scott's sleeve. You're only making this harder than it needs to be.) I want to tell you how much I loved Henderson the Rain King. One of my favorites. It was so full of wit and energ...more...]]>
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[H:]e was quivering. And why? Because he let the entire world press upon him. For instance? Well, for instance, what it means to be a man. In a city. In a century. In transition. In a mass. Transformed by science. Under organized power. Subject to tre...more...]]>
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Herzog is a highly intellectual 1960's man much aggrieved, most specifically by the loss of his brilliant spouse to his one-legged "friend" Valentine, but also by the the decline and fall of just about everything. (I...more...]]>
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The Book of Daniel? Stay away from these books starring a misunderstood, neurotic intellectual, who manages to both be liberal and to be utterly racist and misogynist. Herzog would have been much better without the hellish overuse of the descriptor "...more...]]>
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