Saul Bellow

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born

June 10, 1915 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada

died

April 05, 2005

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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The Bible, William Shakespeare, Stendhal, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Che...more

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Celebrated American Jewish writer.
Awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work."

The author's works speak to the disorienting nature of modern civilization, and the countervailing ability of humans to overcome their frailty and achieve greatness (or at least awareness). Bellow saw many flaws in modern civilization, and its ability to foster madness, materialism and misleading knowledge.Principal characters in Bellow's fiction have heroic potential, and many times they stand in contrast to the negative forces of society. Often these characters are Jewish and have a sense of alienation or otherness.

Jewish life and identity is a major theme in B...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 23,270 ratings · 1,998 reviews · 68 distinct works

	Herzog by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 4,509 ratings — published 1964 — 50 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 3,820 ratings — published 1953 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Henderson the Rain King 3.75 avg rating — 3,574 ratings — published 1959 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Seize the Day by Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick (Introduction) 3.54 avg rating — 2,828 ratings — published 1956 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Humboldt's Gift 3.81 avg rating — 2,176 ratings — published 1975 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Ravelstein 3.54 avg rating — 1,024 ratings — published 2000 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow, Stanley Crouch (Introduction) 3.65 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 1970 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Dangling Man by Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie (Introduction) 3.60 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 1944 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Victim 3.47 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1947 — 24 editions	My rating:
	More Die of Heartbreak 3.71 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1987 — 20 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Saul Bellow

“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: imagination , inspiration , writing

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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: book-lovers , libraries , reading

414 people liked it

“It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: love

124 people liked it

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February Group Read (Beyond 1940):

The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing

5 votes, 41.7%

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

3 votes, 25.0%

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

2 votes, 16.7%

The Empress of Ireland by Christopher Robbins

1 vote, 8.3%

The Plague by Albert Camus

1 vote, 8.3%

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

0 votes, 0.0%

Herzog by Saul Bellow

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Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin

0 votes, 0.0%

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