Bellow, Saul

Saul Bellow: Letters

ISBN: 9780670022212
New York, NY, USA: Viking/ Penguin, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, three National Book awards, and the Nobel Prize in Literature, Saul Bellow wrote marvelously acute, unsparing, tender, ferocious, hilarious, and wise letters throughout his long life (1915-2005). Friends, lovers, wives, colleagues, and fans all cross these pages. Some of the finest letters are to his fellow writers- William Faulkner, John Cheever, John Berryman, Ralph Ellison, J.F. Powers, Karl Shapiro, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, John Auerbach, Stanley Elkin, Richard Stern, James Salter, Martin Amis, and others. Intimate and ironical, rueful and amused, this vast self-portrait- indeed, the autobiography Bellow never wrote- shows the influences at work in the man and illuminates his enduring legacy: the novels and stories that earned him a Nobel Prize and the admiration of readers the world over." (front flap) A collection of letters by Saul Bellow, the great, much-honored Jewish-American author whose works are enshrined in the Library of America series along with those of his twentieth-century canonical contemporaries Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth et al. Spanning most of Bellow's life from 1932-2005, these letters were carefully selected, edited & introduced by Benjamin Taylor (b. 1952), the acclaimed American author & editor. Hardcover in unclipped first-issue dust jacket (with $35 price & "1110" printed at front flap), first edition, first printing as indicated by number sequence at copyright page. From the collection of Laurence Goldstein (1943-2023), a renowned American author, film critic, poet, editor & academician here at the University of Michigan. An essential, most-enlightening & rewarding Bellow collectible in its rarest contemporary form, with distinguished provenance. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; otherwise substantially mint inside & out. Dust jacket very fine with only a hint of rubbing & some faint scratching to front, back covers, spine & flaps; a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same. An extra handling fee of $1.50 will be added for shipping due to the size and weight of this item. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #6871]

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