Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was a Canadian–American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times, and he received the National Book Foundation's lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1990.
Books by Saul Bellow
5 books available
Humboldt's Gift
by Saul Bellow
3.9(8,278)
A struggling writer, caught in domestic chaos and mob dealings, gets a posthumous 'gift' from his dead poet mentor, making him face the complex legacy of genius and failure.
Dangling Man
by Saul Bellow
3.5(3,824)
Trapped in an unforeseen year of civilian limbo while war rages, Joseph grapples with the suffocating weight of unwanted freedom and the unraveling of his identity on the restless streets of 1940s Chicago.
Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
3.5(10,127)
On one day in New York City, Tommy Wilhelm, a failed actor and salesman, faces his past and his problems in a desperate, funny, and sad search for self-worth.
Herzog
by Saul Bellow
3.8(18,844)
Plagued by academic and marital ruin, Moses Herzog desperately scribbles unsent letters, a modern Job wrestling with his own spectacular failures and the absurdities of the age, all while clinging to a defiant, if crumbling, sense of self.
The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
3.8(16,466)
In Depression-era Chicago, Augie March, a man with an unyielding spirit, navigates a journey through many characters and jobs, all while pursuing his own destiny.