Correspondence of Saul Bellow (collected Works of Saul Bellow)
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About This Novel
When Saul Bellow was advised to write his autobiography, he always said there was nothing to write about, he was just too busy. Busy writing novels, occasionally writing essays; busy falling in love, getting married, becoming a father, divorcing, making friends, making grudges, and being sad; busy with major historical events, busy with minor literary matters; busy with reading a lot, busy fulfilling his teaching duties, and teaching until he was old. Especially busy writing letters to his successive wives, his sons, his fellow writers, readers who liked him and disliked him, people chasing him for autographs, obsessive sycophants, and severe mental patients, etc. Not all great writers are good at writing letters. Letter writing seems to be a talent that can exist in its own right, as mysterious as artistic talent. Obviously, Saul Bellow had this artistic talent. In this collection of letters, Bellow shows readers his true self. When he was passionately in love, he would say: "Susie and I could be very happy even on an ice floe." When he was in a bad mood, he would yell at his ex-wife Sandra: "You almost f**king killed me... I will write all the sins I suffered at your hands into "Herzog" Of course, this collection of letters, which began in 1932 and ended in 2005, also contains Bellow's meditations on literature, politics, and philosophy. It is a record of his mental journey over more than seventy years, and a representation of several aspects of American society in the twentieth century.
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