The Adventures of Augie March
of Saul Bellow, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction)
Description
Augie comes on stage with one of literatureâs most famous opening lines. âI am an American, Chicago born, and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted.â Itâs the âCall me Ishmaelâ of mid-20th-century American fiction. (For the record, Bellow was born in Canada.) Or it would be if Ishmael had been more like Tom Jones with a philosophical disposition. With this teeming book Bellow returned a Dickensian richness to the American novel. As he makes his way to a full brimming consciousness of himself, Augie careens himself through numberless occupations, and countless mentors and exemplars, all the while enchanting us with the slapdash American music of his voice.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 586 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date October 3rd 2006
- First Publication 09/18/53
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143039570
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Chicago, Illinois (United States)', 'Mexico', 'Paris (France)']
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