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Title: Adventures of Augie March (1301) by Saul Bellow, Tom Parker ISBN: 0-7861-0344-2 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: November, 1992 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 16 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (34 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: He Tries!
Comment: He is a good-hearted young man who tries to make a go of it, but, as Stella says, falls into the whims and desires of so many people he meets. He is taken along on a trip to smuggle people form Canada, goes along with his brother's whims and practically marries a woman chosen for him, goes to the shore with an employer, who wants to adopt him, runs off to Mexico with a strange woman and her eagle, ends up in Europe with yet another woman he doesn't say no to, and finds that marriage is less than he would have wanted. He doesn't seem to be able to take control of his own life. Undoubtedly there are many people like this, good hearted with a streak of innocence, but winding up with something less than success. And throughout the book one can see Bellow's disenchantment with rampant Capitalism, which is evident with the successful men in Augies experiences. I like Augie, and I sympathize with him. It's a good read . . get to know him, and learn about yourself.
Rating: 4
Summary: Born on the Fourth of July
Comment: An elegant, poetic walk through the life of a uniquely American character. Augie March goes humbly into Depression-era America and, in the search for the best inside himself, finds he's too often on the receiving-end of someone else's plan.
Augie's a capable but passive soul that is trumped by the formidable characters that make up his life, time and again. What appears to be an incurable restlessness and the 'born recruit' label is the courage to live and look inward, out of everyone's view. Finding himself doing everything from stealing books to going down in a sinking ship, Augie's life is one you'll be glad you sat in on.
Saul Bellow's writing is beyond my ability to describe...see for yourself. Very dense and not for speed-readers.
Rating: 5
Summary: The American Novel
Comment: The perfect gift for any male who has learned to read. Although it is filled with daunting historical and anthropological references, one needn't be afraid to skip them. Bellow would be the first to understand. This is the greatest American novel and nothing else is even close. Melville, Hawthorne, James, Dreiser, Lewis, Wolfe, Hemmingway, Mailer, et. al., are amateurs by comparison. If you are going to read one book in your lifetime, THIS IS THE ONE. What is it about? It's about everything: the straight dope, no quarter given, no sacred cow spared, no good deed unpunished, no relief for either the virtuous or the wicked; humanity celebrated and exposed; the old, the young, connivers, sufferers, strivers, slackers, cons, cripples, pols, debutantes, grand dames, burghers, prize fighters, polymaths, revolutionists, feminists, whores, and tycoons; authority, philosopy, religion, politics, economics, civics, tribalism, philanthropy, sex, money, pride, vanity, hope, despair, all tickled relentlessly and effortlessly, toppled of their own weight. Bellow looks into the void and comes away chuckling, and so will you if you've got the right stuff. If you haven't got it, let Augie help you find it, but don't forget to read between the lines. Whatever you do, don't let academic idiots and caviling critics divert you from reading it.
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Title: Herzog by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth ISBN: 0142437298 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Saul Bellow ISBN: 0140189440 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Henderson the Rain King (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Saul Bellow ISBN: 0140189424 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Collected Stories by Saul Bellow, James Wood, Janis Bellow ISBN: 0142001643 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Saul Bellow, Stanley Crouch ISBN: 014018936X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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