Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow evokes all the rich colors and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion...
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Saul Bellow evokes all the rich colors and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life win him the admiration of the tribe—but it is his gift for making rain that turns him from mere hero into messiah. A hilarious, often ribald story, Henderson the Rain King is also a profound look at the forces that drive a man through life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143105480 (0143105485)
Publish date: December 24th 2012
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 330
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Modern Classics,
Nobel Prize
Henderson is a great character. An emotional bull in a china shop. Impulsive. Impetuous. Never satisfied. Wanting to please everybody, but doing a horrible job at it. However, he is aware of these things and he sets out on an African adventure to discover himself, and hopefully change. I enjo...
Huh — so, the plot of this book, I say to myself, having chosen it at random from Peter Boxall's 1001 Books list, is a rich white guy goes to Africa to learn the meaning of life from the noble savages. Oh, I can see that this will turn out well.Saul Bellow is one of those Big Literary Dudes I've nev...
Now I have already mentioned that there was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it got even stronger. It said only one thing, I want, I want! And I would ask, 'What do you want?' But this was ...
Oh ja! Der Mann kann erzählen, aber hat er auch etwas zu sagen? Das ist die wichtige Frage bei einem Roman und diese möchte ich beim Regenkönig für mich eindeutig mit Nein beantworten. Vom Hundersten wird bis ins Tausendste herumgelabert da kommt der Autor von einer in Afrika gebrochenen Zahnbrücke,...
In my Contemporary Novel's class, almost all the books we read dealt with Africa in some way (this was the same with my Modern Novel class, which was taught by the same prof as this class -- dude really likes Africa I guess) but this book did so in a different and refreshing way. Instead of writing ...
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