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Does anyone know which painting Bellow is referring to on p191 (ch X): "There's an old, singular, beautiful Netherlands picture I once saw in an Italian gallery, of a wise old man walking in empty fields, pensive, while a thief behind cuts the strings of his purse. The old man, in black... the thief ... is enclosed in a glass ball... ?

Lisa I can answer my own Q: it's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mis...…moreI can answer my own Q: it's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mis...(less)

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Anybody else feel the way I do about this book? See my review on Jan. 19, 2016.

M. Gallego I started “Herzog” and found it difficult to read, so I switched to “Augie March”, which is like a “picaresque novel”.

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What do you develop the metaphorical talents of a Saul Bellow?

Yari To develop such an exquisite writing style, one should read classic poetry followed by classic American fiction. William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, Emi…moreTo develop such an exquisite writing style, one should read classic poetry followed by classic American fiction. William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, followed by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and of course, more Saul Bellow. I will be tackling Bellow's Herzog soon. (less)

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