Herzog

Saul Bellow

1964

If am out of my mind, it’s all right with me, thought Moses Herzog.

Some people thought he was cracked and for a time he himself had doubted that he was all there. But now, though he still behaved oddly, he felt confident, cheerful, clairvoyant, and strong. He had fallen under a spell and was writing letters to everyone under the sun. He was so…

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Saul Bellow

1915–2005
Born in Montreal, novelist Saul Bellow moved to Chicago when he was nine; that city became the background for many of his works. A professor of English at Boston University and other institutions, Bellow wrote best-selling and critically acclaimed novels, short stories, memoirs, plays, and novellas. He received the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, a Pulitzer Prize, three National Book Awards, and a Presidential Medal.

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