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(0)Saul Bellow
3) Herzog
Author
Series
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
In one of his finest achievements, Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero. A suffering and persecuted intellectual, Moses E. Herzog passively accepts the disasters of his private and public affairs in an effort to survive modern civilization.
4) Ravelstein
Author
Language
English
Description
Encouraged by his friend, Chick, to write down his ideas about humankind, university professor Abe Ravelstein receives unexpected acclaim and bounty and invites Chick to join his his success, a situation that sparks a philosophical journey for both.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 209
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The third volume of the Library of America's edition of Saul Bellow's complete novels collects three essential works: Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970), Humboldt's Gift (1975) -- and The Dean's December (1982). In each, Bellow shows himself a master of biting social commentary and bold characterization--above all through a trio of unforgettable protagonists. These novels, written in the period of Bellow's greatest literary and popular acclaim--he was awarded...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Augie March is a Jewish-American boy growing up fatherless and poor in Depression-era Chicago. He seeks a "special destiny," although his circumstances seem to position him for a uniquely disappointing life: his family consists of a simple-minded mother, a brother and "grandmother" who prove to be Machiavellian in their intentions, and an "idiot" youngest brother, Georgie.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 141
Publisher
Literary Classics of the U.S
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 169
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of an elderly Polish Jew, a comment on 20-century existence. A former journalist and survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, he lives in New York's upper west side, musing on the loss of tradition, roots, and ideals, and eyeing various family crises with curious but objective eyes.
15) Zelig
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
Series
Lapham's Quarterly volume 4, no. 1
Publisher
American Agora Foundation
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
