Bellow A Biography |
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Author:
| Atlas, James |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-04712-9 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Modern Library |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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With this masterly and original work, "Bellow: A Biography," National Book Award nominee James Atlas gives the first definitive account of the Nobel Prize-winning author's turbulent personal and professional life, as it unfolded against the background of twentieth-century events--the Depression, World War II, the upheavals of the sixties--and amid all the complexities of the Jewish-immigrant experience in America, which generated a vibrant new literature. Drawing upon a vast body...
More DescriptionWith this masterly and original work, "Bellow: A Biography," National Book Award nominee James Atlas gives the first definitive account of the Nobel Prize-winning author's turbulent personal and professional life, as it unfolded against the background of twentieth-century events--the Depression, World War II, the upheavals of the sixties--and amid all the complexities of the Jewish-immigrant experience in America, which generated a vibrant new literature.
Drawing upon a vast body of original research, including Bellow's extensive correspondence with Ralph Ellison, Delmore Schwartz, John Berryman, Robert Penn Warren, John Cheever, and many other luminaries of the twentieth-century literary community, Atlas weaves a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most talented and enigmatic figures in American intellectual history.
Detailing Bellow's volatile marriages and numerous tempestuous relation-ships with women, publishers, and friends, "Bellow: A Biography" is a magnificent chronicle of one of the premier writers in the English language, whose prize-winning works include "Herzog," "The Adventures of Augie March," and, most recently, " Ravelstein."