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9780670016693 English 0670016691 A sweeping collection and a tribute to one of the most influential, daring, and visionary minds of the twentieth century. The year 2015 marks several literary milestones: the centennial of Saul Bellow's birth, the tenth anniversary of his death, and the publication of Zachary Leader's much anticipated biography. Bellow, a Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the only novelist to receive three National Book awards, has long been regarded as one of America's most cherished authors. Here, Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed Saul Bellow: Letters , presents lesser-known aspects of the iconic writer. Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow's nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches, and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, There Is Simply Too Much to Think About is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow's genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon and is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come., Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow's nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, There is Simply Too Much to Think About is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow's genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon. It is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come., Bellow s nonfiction has the same strengths as his stories and novels: a dynamic responsiveness to character, place and time (or era) . . . And you wonder what other highbrow writer, or indeed lowbrow writer has such a reflexive grasp of the street, the machine, the law courts, the rackets? Martin Amis, "The New York Times Book Review" The year 2015 marks several literary milestones: the centennial of Saul Bellow s birth, the tenth anniversary of his death, and the publication of Zachary Leader s much anticipated biography. Bellow, a Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the only novelist to receive three National Book awards, has long been regarded as one of America s most cherished authors. Here, Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed "Saul Bellow: Letters," presents lesser-known aspects of the iconic writer. Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow s nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches, and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, "There Is Simply Too Much to Think About "is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow s genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon and is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come.", One of the supreme fiction writers of the twentieth century, Nobel laureate Saul Bellow was also deeply insightful in his lesser-known roles as essayist, critic and lecturer. Gathered together in this stunning new compilation, Bellow's vast range of nonfiction reveals the same wit, daring and wisdom that distinguish The Adventures of Augie March , Henderson the Rain King , Herzog , Mr. Sammler's Planet , Humboldt's Gift and other masterly novels. In There Is Simply Too Much to Think About , as in the novels, the twentieth century comes fiercely to life through Bellow's unrivalled human understanding and singular style. Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed Saul Bellow: Letters , joins Bellow's better-known essays to previously uncollected works selected from his criticism, interviews, speeches and other reflections. This collection brings together writing from every phase of the career. There Is Simply Too Much to Think About is a guided tour of the twentieth century - what we have done, suffered, survived - conducted by one of modern life's most inspiring minds. 'Rare are the novelists who write nonfiction comparable in strength to their fiction. Now that the bulk of his nonfiction has been drawn together from where the pieces first appeared separately, one sees that, like Henry James and John Updike, the great Saul Bellow was no less a master of the one genre than the other. This book overwhelms one like any artistic treasure newly discovered. When it came to wondrous lucidity in the service of an uncanny literary empathy - to a steady downpour of intelligence - to a direct contact with reality - to a sensibility attuned to the contradictions and incongruities - he was unrivalled. Like the book of Bellow's correspondence collected several years back by Benjamin Taylor - the same intrepid editor who is the harvester here - There Is Simply Too Much to Think About further extends our sense of Bellow's extremely humane way of experiencing books, people, events and places, One witnesses his excited mind, in a molten state, running over.' Philip Roth
9780670016693 English 0670016691 A sweeping collection and a tribute to one of the most influential, daring, and visionary minds of the twentieth century. The year 2015 marks several literary milestones: the centennial of Saul Bellow's birth, the tenth anniversary of his death, and the publication of Zachary Leader's much anticipated biography. Bellow, a Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the only novelist to receive three National Book awards, has long been regarded as one of America's most cherished authors. Here, Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed Saul Bellow: Letters , presents lesser-known aspects of the iconic writer. Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow's nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches, and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, There Is Simply Too Much to Think About is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow's genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon and is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come., Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow's nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, There is Simply Too Much to Think About is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow's genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon. It is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come., Bellow s nonfiction has the same strengths as his stories and novels: a dynamic responsiveness to character, place and time (or era) . . . And you wonder what other highbrow writer, or indeed lowbrow writer has such a reflexive grasp of the street, the machine, the law courts, the rackets? Martin Amis, "The New York Times Book Review" The year 2015 marks several literary milestones: the centennial of Saul Bellow s birth, the tenth anniversary of his death, and the publication of Zachary Leader s much anticipated biography. Bellow, a Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the only novelist to receive three National Book awards, has long been regarded as one of America s most cherished authors. Here, Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed "Saul Bellow: Letters," presents lesser-known aspects of the iconic writer. Arranged chronologically, this literary time capsule displays the full extent of Bellow s nonfiction, including criticism, interviews, speeches, and other reflections, tracing his career from his initial success as a novelist until the end of his life. Bringing together six classic pieces with an abundance of previously uncollected material, "There Is Simply Too Much to Think About "is a powerful reminder not only of Bellow s genius but also of his enduring place in the western canon and is sure to be widely reviewed and talked about for years to come.", One of the supreme fiction writers of the twentieth century, Nobel laureate Saul Bellow was also deeply insightful in his lesser-known roles as essayist, critic and lecturer. Gathered together in this stunning new compilation, Bellow's vast range of nonfiction reveals the same wit, daring and wisdom that distinguish The Adventures of Augie March , Henderson the Rain King , Herzog , Mr. Sammler's Planet , Humboldt's Gift and other masterly novels. In There Is Simply Too Much to Think About , as in the novels, the twentieth century comes fiercely to life through Bellow's unrivalled human understanding and singular style. Benjamin Taylor, editor of the acclaimed Saul Bellow: Letters , joins Bellow's better-known essays to previously uncollected works selected from his criticism, interviews, speeches and other reflections. This collection brings together writing from every phase of the career. There Is Simply Too Much to Think About is a guided tour of the twentieth century - what we have done, suffered, survived - conducted by one of modern life's most inspiring minds. 'Rare are the novelists who write nonfiction comparable in strength to their fiction. Now that the bulk of his nonfiction has been drawn together from where the pieces first appeared separately, one sees that, like Henry James and John Updike, the great Saul Bellow was no less a master of the one genre than the other. This book overwhelms one like any artistic treasure newly discovered. When it came to wondrous lucidity in the service of an uncanny literary empathy - to a steady downpour of intelligence - to a direct contact with reality - to a sensibility attuned to the contradictions and incongruities - he was unrivalled. Like the book of Bellow's correspondence collected several years back by Benjamin Taylor - the same intrepid editor who is the harvester here - There Is Simply Too Much to Think About further extends our sense of Bellow's extremely humane way of experiencing books, people, events and places, One witnesses his excited mind, in a molten state, running over.' Philip Roth