Saul Bellow: I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer

by Gerald Sorin

Book Overview

Saul Bellow: "I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer" offers a fresh and original perspective on the life and works of Saul Bellow, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1976. Author Gerald Sorin emphasizes Bellow's Jewish identity as fundamental to his being and the content and meaning of his fiction. Bellow's work from the 1940s to 2000, when he wrote his last novel at the age of 84, centers on the command in Deuteronomy to "Choose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253069440
• ISBN13: 9780253069443
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 602 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher