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Herzog

by Saul Bellow · first published 1961

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In one of his finest achievements, Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero, a man struggling with the complexity of existence and longing for redemption. Introduction by Philip Roth

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  • garnerwoods · Dec 17, 2008 · Recommends

    …Favorite: The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Skellig by David Almond The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle Jeffrey Eugenides, author, Pulitzer prize winner "Herzog," by Saul Bellow "Love in a Fallen City," by Eileen Chang "The Lay of the Land," by Richard Ford Oprah Winfrey's Favorite: White Oleander by Janet Fitch The Color Purple by Alice Walker A Tree Grows…

    on “What books would you recommend reading? Why?” ↗
  • gPphX · Jan 12, 2016 · Recommends

    …Interviews edited by Malcolm Cowley Ackroyd, Peter - Hawksmoor Alighieri, Dante - Inferno Amis, Martin - Money Baldwin, James - Fire Next Time, The Barnes, Julian - Flaubert’s Parrot Bellow, Saul - Herzog Braine, John - Room At The Top Broyard, Anatole - Kafka Was The Rage Bulgakov, Mikhail - Master And Margarita, The Bulwer-Lytton, Edward - Zanoni Burgess, Anthony - A Clockwork Orange Burgess, Anthony - Earthly…

    on “David Bowie’s Top 100 Books (2013)” ↗

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