About this book

In one of his finest achievements, Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero, a man struggling with the complexity of existence and longing for redemption.

Introduction by Philip Roth

Subjects

  • american fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • award:national_book_award=1965
  • award:national_book_award=fiction
  • college teachers
  • failure (psychology)
  • fiction
  • jewish men
  • jews
  • middle aged men
  • middle-aged men
  • national book award winner
  • new york times reviewed
  • universities and colleges