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Mr. Sammler's Planet

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Odyssey Editions
ISBN 13 : 1623730317
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Sammler's Planet written by Saul Bellow and published by Odyssey Editions. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Mr. Sammler? A Jewish intellectual educated in Western philosophy, a one-eyed Holocaust survivor, the future author of the greatest biography ever written of H.G. Wells ... or merely the trusted confidant of countless eccentric New Yorkers, a "registrar of follies"? Through the chaotic streets of the Upper West Side old Artur Sammler paces, meditating on the human condition; attentive to everything and appalled by nothing; haunted by his past, present, and future. His world seems on the brink of apocalypse; both the recent moon landing and the death of his beloved benefactor have him furiously speculating on the end. With his inimitable tragicomic mastery Saul Bellow delves once again, and the reader with him, into a contemporary and chaotic universe in which the most profound reflections on the meaning of life mingle with the absurd, histrionic, endless minutiae of the every day.

The Life of Saul Bellow

Author : Zachary Leader
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101875178
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Saul Bellow written by Zachary Leader and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow opens, Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters - rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing some of his greatest fiction (Mr Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift, all his best stories), winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is if anything more dramatic than in volume 1. In the public sphere, he is embroiled in controversy over foreign affairs, race, religion, education, social policy, the state of culture, the fate of the novel. Bellow's relations with women were often fraught. In the 1960s he was compulsively promiscuous (even as he inveighed against sexual liberation). The women he pursued, the ones he married and those with whom he had affairs, were intelligent, attractive and strong-willed. At eighty-five he fathered his fourth child, a daughter, with his fifth wife. His three sons, whom he loved, could be as volatile as he was, and their relations with their father were often troubled. Although an early and engaged supporter of civil rights, in the second half of his life Bellow was angered by the excesses of Black Power. An opponent of cultural relativism, he exercised great influence in literary and intellectual circles, advising a host of institutes and foundations, helping those he approved of, hindering those of whom he disapproved. In making his case, he could be cutting and rude; he could also be charming, loyal, and funny. Bellow's heroic energy and will are clear to the very end of his life. His immense achievement and its cost, to himself and others, are also clear.

Dangling Man

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141389303
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Dangling Man written by Saul Bellow and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Dangling Man is his journal, a wonderful account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets, his musings on the past, his psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him, and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.

Collected Stories

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014138929X
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Collected Stories written by Saul Bellow and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 characterizes 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.

MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET

Author : SAUL BELLOW
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET written by SAUL BELLOW and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modernity and Its Discontents

Author : Steven B. Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300198396
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Modernity and Its Discontents written by Steven B. Smith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 Flaubert and the Aesthetics of the Antibourgeois -- 12 The Apocalyptic Imagination: Nietzsche, Sorel, Schmitt -- 13 The Tragic Liberalism of Isaiah Berlin -- 14 Leo Strauss on Philosophy as a Way of Life -- 15 The Political Teaching of Lampedusa's The Leopard -- 16 Mr. Sammler's Redemption -- Part Four: Conclusion -- 17 Modernity and Its Doubles -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

After One-Hundred-and-Twenty

Author : Hillel Halkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400880467
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book After One-Hundred-and-Twenty written by Hillel Halkin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish tradition After One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed and evolved from biblical times to today. Taking its title from the Hebrew and Yiddish blessing to live to a ripe old age—Moses is said to have been 120 years old when he died—the book explores how the Bible's original reticence about an afterlife gave way to views about personal judgment and reward after death, the resurrection of the body, and even reincarnation. It examines Talmudic perspectives on grief, burial, and the afterlife, shows how Jewish approaches to death changed in the Middle Ages with thinkers like Maimonides and in the mystical writings of the Zohar, and delves into such things as the origins of the custom of reciting Kaddish for the deceased and beliefs about encountering the dead in visions and dreams. After One-Hundred-and-Twenty is also Hillel Halkin's eloquent and disarmingly candid reflection on his own mortality, the deaths of those he has known and loved, and the comfort he has and has not derived from Jewish tradition.

Saul Bellow and the Decline in Humanism

Author : Michael K. Glenday
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349107743
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Saul Bellow and the Decline in Humanism written by Michael K. Glenday and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-06-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study revealing Saul Bellow's views on the decline of humanism. With chapters on each of Bellow's novels from "Dangling" to "More Die of Heartbreak", the author argues that Bellow's vision of modern American culture denies the possibility of humanist enlightenment for his heroes.

The Victim

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Odyssey Editions
ISBN 13 : 1623730198
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book The Victim written by Saul Bellow and published by Odyssey Editions. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's sweltering summer in New York City, and Asa Leventhal is alone. His co-workers ignore or condescend to him, his wife is away with her mother, and his estranged brother has run off, abandoning his wife and two sons. One night, Leventhal is confronted by a stranger--'one of those guys who want you to think they can see to the bottom of your soul'--who reveals himself to be a marginal figure from his distant past. Leventhal, accused of ruining the man's life, becomes shocked and dismissive, vehemently denying any part in the man's unhappy lot. But as time passes, he is increasingly unable to separate his own good fortune from the bad luck of this down-and-out stranger, who will not leave him be. A brief, haunting rumination on the vagaries of fate and responsibility, The Victim is, in the words of Norman Rush, Saul Bellow's "purest creation."

There Is Simply Too Much to Think About

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143108042
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book There Is Simply Too Much to Think About written by Saul Bellow and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sweeping collection and a tribute to one of the most influential, daring, and visionary minds of the twentieth century The year 2015 marks several literary milestones: the centennial of Saul Bellow's birth, the tenth anniversary of his death, and the publication of Zachary Leader's much anticipated biography. Bellow, a Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the only novelist to receive three National Book awards, has long been regarded as one of America's most cherished authors. Here, Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed Saul Bellow: Letters, presents lesser-known aspects of the iconic writer. Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow's nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches, and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, There Is Simply Too Much to Think About is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow's genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon and is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come"--

Mr Sammler's Planet

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Harvill Secker
ISBN 13 : 9780436039577
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Mr Sammler's Planet written by Saul Bellow and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 1984 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a registrar of madness, a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon landings, endless possibilities). His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. Sorry for all and sore at heart, he observes how greater luxury and leisure have only led to more human suffering. To Mr. Sammlerwho by the end of this ferociously unsentimental novel has found the compassionate consciousness necessary to bridge the gap between himself and his fellow beingsa good life is one in which a person does what is required of him. To know and to meet the terms of the contract was as true a life as one could live. At its heart, this novel is quintessential Bellow: moral, urbane, sublimely humane.

Art in the Streets

Author : Jeffrey Deitch
Publisher : Skira
ISBN 13 : 0847836177
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Art in the Streets written by Jeffrey Deitch and published by Skira. This book was released on 2011 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalog of an exhibition that surveys the history of international graffiti and street art.

Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140189459
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories written by Saul Bellow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What Henry James did for the geographically disoriented, Bellow does for the culturally traumatized in the six stories gathered in this collection. Truly, Bellow is one of God’s spies.” –Los Angeles Times A Penguin Classic In six darkly comic tales, Saul Bellow presents the human experience in all its preposterousness, poignancy, and pathos. In the title story, a professor well-known for his wit struggles to animate his memoirs as he teeters on the brink of despair; in “the old System,” a distinguished biochemist tries to find room in his life for love; and in “A Father to Be,” a man is startled to find himself seated next to his future adult son on a New York subway. The other stories, too, reflect Bellow’s special ability to depict men and women confronting, in highly idiosyncratic ways, the enigmas and oddities of existence. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Paper Machines

Author : Markus Krajewski
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262015897
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Paper Machines written by Markus Krajewski and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the card catalog—a “paper machine” with rearrangeable elements—can be regarded as a precursor of the computer. Today on almost every desk in every office sits a computer. Eighty years ago, desktops were equipped with a nonelectronic data processing machine: a card file. In Paper Machines, Markus Krajewski traces the evolution of this proto-computer of rearrangeable parts (file cards) that became ubiquitous in offices between the world wars. The story begins with Konrad Gessner, a sixteenth-century Swiss polymath who described a new method of processing data: to cut up a sheet of handwritten notes into slips of paper, with one fact or topic per slip, and arrange as desired. In the late eighteenth century, the card catalog became the librarian's answer to the threat of information overload. Then, at the turn of the twentieth century, business adopted the technology of the card catalog as a bookkeeping tool. Krajewski explores this conceptual development and casts the card file as a “universal paper machine” that accomplishes the basic operations of Turing's universal discrete machine: storing, processing, and transferring data. In telling his story, Krajewski takes the reader on a number of illuminating detours, telling us, for example, that the card catalog and the numbered street address emerged at the same time in the same city (Vienna), and that Harvard University's home-grown cataloging system grew out of a librarian's laziness; and that Melvil Dewey (originator of the Dewey Decimal System) helped bring about the technology transfer of card files to business.

Trailing Clouds

Author : David G. Cowart
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501727052
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Trailing Clouds written by David G. Cowart and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We stand to learn much about the durability of or changes in the American way of life from writers such as Bharati Mukherjee (born in India), Ursula Hegi (born in Germany), Jerzy Kosinski (born in Poland), Jamaica Kincaid (born in Antigua), Cristina Garcia (born in Cuba), Edwidge Danticat (born in Haiti), Wendy Law-Yone (born in Burma), Mylène Dressler (born in the Netherlands), Lan Cao (born in Vietnam), and such Korean-born authors as Chang-rae Lee, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Nora Okja Keller—writers who in recent years have come to this country and, in their work, contributed to its culture."—David CowartIn Trailing Clouds, David Cowart offers fresh insights into contemporary American literature by exploring novels and short stories published since 1970 by immigrant writers. Balancing historical and social context with close readings of selected works, Cowart explores the major themes raised in immigrant writing: the acquisition of language, the dual identity of the immigrant, the place of the homeland, and the nature of citizenship.Cowart suggests that the attention to first-generation writers (those whose parents immigrated) has not prepared us to read the fresher stories of those more recent arrivals whose immigrant experience has been more direct and unmediated. Highlighting the nuanced reflection in immigrant fiction of a nation that is ever more diverse and multicultural, Cowart argues that readers can learn much about the changes in the American way of life from writers who have come to this country, embraced its culture, and penned substantial literary work in English.

These Words Upon Our Hearts

Author : Behrman House
Publisher : Behrman House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780807407851
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book These Words Upon Our Hearts written by Behrman House and published by Behrman House Publishing. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter of These Words Upon Our Heart focuses on one of these Hebrew words central to Judaism. The book first explores the etymology of each word, clearly explaining the evolution it has undergone throughout the centuries and its role in Jewish thought and belief. The ideas behind these key words are then compared and contrasted with corresponding words and concepts in a wide variety of other religions from around the world, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Native American traditions, Rastifarianism, and Zoroastrianism. Using this conceptual approach, Steinbock compares the basic tenets of faith as understood by different religious traditions. Commentary is provided by classical thinkers such as Maimonides, Hillel, and the Talmud. While reaching back to the traditional scholars, Steinbock also explores the role of myth and ritual in religious belief and practice and touches on the work of contemporary scholars like Joseph Campbell and Mircea Eliade. These Words Upon Our Heart blends history, philosophy, etymology, mythology, literature, anthropology, and comparative religion to create a fascinating study of important religious concepts. This book is appropriate for high school students and adult study. An accompanying teacher's guide is also available. Book jacket.

Primary Documents

Author : Laura J. Hoptman
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 9780262083133
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Primary Documents written by Laura J. Hoptman and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents documents drawn from the artistic archives of Eastern and Central Europe during the second half of the 20th century.