{"product_id":"saul-bellow-i-was-a-jew-and-an-american-and-a-writer-hardback-9780253069436","title":"Saul Bellow; \"I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer\" (Hardback) 9780253069436","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSaul Bellow\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\"I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerald Sorin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253069436\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e602 pages, 13 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.052 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gerald Sorin's volume is a wonderful addition to the body of criticism on Bellow. These are easily among the best readings of Bellow's fiction I have read, and the portrait of Bellow in this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in this great and currently neglected author.\"—David Mikics, author of Bellow's People: How Saul Bellow Made Life Into Art\u003cbr\u003e \"Well-informed and sympathetic, free of jargon and written in a clear style.\"—Paul Devlin, editor of \u003ci\u003eRalph Ellison in Context\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaul Bellow: \"I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer\"\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh and original perspective on the life and works of Saul Bellow, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1976. Author Gerald Sorin emphasizes Bellow's Jewish identity as fundamental to his being and the content and meaning of his fiction. Bellow's work from the 1940s to 2000, when he wrote his last novel at the age of 84, centers on the command in Deuteronomy to \"Choose life\" as distinct from nihilistic withdrawal and the defense of meaninglessness.\u003cbr\u003e Although Bellow disdained the label of \"American Jewish Writer,\" Sorin conjectures that he was an outstanding representative of the classification. Bellow and the characters in his fiction not only choose life but also explore what it means to live a good life, however difficult that may be to define, and regardless of how much harder it is to achieve. For Sorin, Bellow realized that at least two obstacles stood in the way: the imperfection of the world and the frailty of the human pursuer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSaul Bellow: \"I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer\"\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new and insightful narrative of the life and works of Saul Bellow. By using Bellow's deeply internalized Jewishness and his remarkable imagination and creativity as a lens, Sorin examines how he captured the shifting atmosphere of postwar American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Transliterations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. In the Beginning\u003cbr\u003e 2. Adapting to America\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Education of Saul Bellow\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dangling Men\u003cbr\u003e 5. In the Shadow of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 6. In the Land of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Adventures of Saul Bellow\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fathers and Sons\u003cbr\u003e 9. Husbands and Wives\u003cbr\u003e 10. Friendships and Betrayals\u003cbr\u003e 11. Wealth, Fame, and Jewish Identity in 1960s America\u003cbr\u003e 12. Love and Death\u003cbr\u003e 13. Bellow's Gift, Israel, and the Nobel Prize\u003cbr\u003e 14. Bellow's December\u003cbr\u003e 15. A Whole New Life\u003cbr\u003e 16. Bellow Banished and Bruised\u003cbr\u003e 17. Life and Death\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Saul Bellow's First Published Piece\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Sources and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525597196568,"sku":"9780253069436","price":77.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/saul-bellow-i-was-a-jew-and-an-american-and-a-writer-hardback-9780253069436","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}