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Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)by Saul Bellow
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a andldquo;registrar of madness,andrdquo; a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon landings, endless possibilities).and#160; His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul.and#160; andldquo;Sorry for all and sore at heart,andrdquo; he observes how greater luxury and leisure have only led to more human suffering. To Mr. Sammlerandmdash;who by the end of this ferociously unsentimental novel has found the compassionate consciousness necessary to bridge the gap between himself and his fellow beingsandmdash;a good life is one in which a person does what is andldquo;required of him.andrdquo; To know and to meet the andldquo;terms of the contractandrdquo; was as true a life as one could live.and#160; At its heart, this novel is quintessential Bellow: moral, urbane, sublimely humane.
About the AuthorSaul Bellow is the author of twelve novels and numerous novellas and stories. He has received three National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Book Award Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American letters. Stanley Crouc‛s books include Notes of a Hanging Judge, The All-American Skin Game (Nominated for the National Book Award), and a novel, Do‛t the Moon Look Lonesome. He has received the Whiting Write‛s Award and a MacArthur Foundation“geniu” award. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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