Conversations with Saul Bellow

Marc Notes: Collection of conversations 1953-1994, all published previously; Avail. in cloth at $37.50. Publisher Marketing: For over forty years Saul Bellow has been writing fiction that denounces the destructive forces that have dominated the literature of this century--existential nihilism and historicist pessimism. In novel after novel--The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, Humbolt's Gift, Mr. Sammler's Planet, and others--he has tried to restore the integrity of the private life, the value of human feeling, and the primacy of social contract, while proclaiming each individual's perennial access to age-old truths. In this collection of interviews spanning the period from 1953 to 1991, Bellow elaborates further upon his fictional treatment of these ideas. Here the reader finds the wit and urbane commentary that typify this marvelous writer. He speaks with his interviewers of the changing role of fiction, the literary establishment, and the place of literature in modern life. Since no definitive biography of Bellow has yet been written, these interviews provide valuable insights into the writer that many argue to be the pre-eminent American novelist of the post-World War II era. Review Citations:

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 122 (EAN 9780878057184, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 729 (EAN 9780878057184, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 749 (EAN 9780878057184, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 122 (EAN 9780878057177, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 729 (EAN 9780878057177, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Cronin, Gloria L Cronin is Professor of English at Brigham Young University. Contributor Bio:  Siegel, Ben Ben Siegel, Claremont, California, is professor of English at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Among other works, he is the author of The Puritan Heritage: America's Roots in the Bible, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and the editor of The American Writer in the University. Contributor Bio:  Bellow, Saul Saul Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel HUMBOLDT S GIFT in 1975, and in 1976 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work. He is the only novelist to receive three National Book Awards, for THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, HERZOG, and MR. SAMMLER S PLANET