The Adventures of Augie March
As soon as it first appeared in 1953, this gem by the great Saul Bellow was hailed as an American classic. Bold, expansive, and keenly humorous, The Adventures of Augie March blends street language with literary elegance to tell the story of a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great...
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As soon as it first appeared in 1953, this gem by the great Saul Bellow was hailed as an American classic. Bold, expansive, and keenly humorous, The Adventures of Augie March blends street language with literary elegance to tell the story of a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. A "born recruit," Augie makes himself available for hire by plungers, schemers, risk takers, and operators, compiling a record of choices that is-to say the least- eccentric.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143039570 (0143039571)
ASIN: 143039571
Publish date: October 3rd 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 586
Edition language: English
I had to read this for my real life book club. And, boy, was that hard work. Yes, this was written brilliantly. And it did have a rich cast of many, many interesting and unique characters. But. It was way too long and partially pretty boring. Though a lot happened to and with Augie, basicall...
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bookshelves: jewish, one-penny-wonder, paper-read, spring-2014, published-1953, nobel-laureate, picaresque, north-americas, tbr-busting-2014, chicago Read from April 17, 2013 to March 17, 2014 From the description: With this teeming book Bellow returned a Dickensian richness to the American nove...
Well, this took its sweet time getting good.
I am done..., 32% and I get the picture... Jimmy (as so often) captures my sentiments completelyhttp://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33973580If there weren't so many, MANY books on my TBR, I'd likely persevere, but I'm too old for that particular virtue (or vice..., as the case may be).A let down, I...
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