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    <![CDATA[Collected Stories]]>
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    <![CDATA[This is the definitive collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Abundant, precise, various, rich and exuberant, the stories display the stylistic and emotional brilliance which characterises this master of prose. Some stories recount the events of a single day, some are contained in a wider frame; each story is a characteristic combination of observation and a celebration of humanity. This volume contains a preface by his wife, Janis Bellow, and an introduction by James Wood. It is an essential collection.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was tough to read and appreciate. I had to work at it and sometimes pull at my hair like Bellow no doubt did in writing these stories. (All writers pull at their hair and suck down cigarettes, don't they? I sure do when I try to write.)<br/><br/>These stories took concentration on my par...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46134199">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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