| Humboldt's Gift Contributor(s): Bellow, Saul (Author), Eugenides, Jeffrey (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143105477 ISBN-13: 9780143105473 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Two twentieth-century literary masterpieces from the Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellowas Pulitzer Prizeawinning novel explores the long friendship between Charlie Citrine, a young man with an intense passion for literature, and the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlieas life is falling apart: his career is at a standstill, and heas enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with a highly unsuitable young woman, and involved with a neurotic mafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008034274 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.80 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "I think it A Work of genius, I think it The Work of a Genius, I think it brilliant, splendid, etc. If there is literature (and this proves there is) this is where it's at." -John Cheever A Penguin Classic Saul Bellow's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel explores the long friendship between Charlie Citrine, a young man with an intense passion for literature, and the great poet Von Humboldt Dleisher. At the time of Humboldt's death, Charlie's life is falling apart: his career is at a standstill, and he's enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with a highly unsuitable young woman, and involved with a neurotic Mafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Jeffrey Eugenides. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |