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Loading... The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) (original 1953; edition 2006)by Saul Bellow
Work detailsThe Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow (1953)
1953. Martin Amis says this is the Great American Novel, probably just to be an asshole. Stacie and S. are not impressed. Got this book from dutch-flybabe's book box. I put it on my TBR-shelf for now, but I'm not sure if I'll read it or just release it. Looks interesting, but not VERY. A bit of a disappointment compared to his other books, which were undoubtedly excellent. This one has gone seems to have gone nowhere - or at least well over my head. I might try it again later, and hopefully I won't become crushingly bored within 100 pages. Couldn't finish it - just not my cup of tea. The bildungsroman of a fatherless fellow from privation drifting through jobs, women, and war. Bellow draws very contrasting themes -- longing and belonging, poverty and wealth, love and loss, with a comic undertow.
The Adventures of Augie March is for me the great creation myth of twentieth century American literature. Is contained inNovels, 1944-1953: The Dangling Man; The Victim; The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow Herzog / Henderson the Rain King / The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow Romanzi 1: 1944-1959 (Danglng Man; The Victim; The Adventures of Augie March; Seize the Day; Henderson the Rain King) by Saul Bellow Has as a commentary on the text
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