Herzog
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2003., New York : Penguin Books, 2003.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xxvi, 371 pages ; 20 cm.
Status:
Boulder Main Adult Fiction
F Bell
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Boulder Main Adult Fiction
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Feb 18, 2024
Description
Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, Herzog traces five days in the life of a failed academic whose wife has recently left him for his best friend. Through the device of letter writing, Herzog movingly portrays both the internal life of its eponymous hero and the complexity of modern consciousness. Like the protagonists of most of Bellow's novels-Dangling Man, The Victim, Seize the Day, Henderson the Rain King, etc.-Herzog is a man seeking balance, trying to regain a foothold on his life. Thrown out of his ex-wife's house, he retreats to his abandoned home in Ludeyville, a remote village in the Berkshire mountains to which Herzog had previously moved his wife and friends. Here amid the dust and vermin of the disused house, Herzog begins scribbling letters to family, friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, dead philosophers, ex- Presidents, to anyone with whom he feels compelled to set the record straight. The letters, we learn, are never sent. They are a means to cure himself of the immense psychic strain of his failed second marriage, a method by which he can recognize truths that will free him to love others and to learn to abide with the knowledge of death. In order to do so he must confront the fact that he has been a bad husband, a loving but poor father, an ungrateful child, a distant brother, an egoist to friends, and an apathetic citizen. Herzog is primarily a novel of redemption. For all of its innovative techniques and brilliant comedy, it tells one of the oldest of stories. Like The Divine Comedy or the dark night of the soul of St. John of the Cross, it progresses from darkness to light, from ignorance to enlightenment. Today it is still considered one of the greatest literary expressions of postwar America.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780142437292, 0142437298 (pbk.)
Lexile measure:
850
Notes
General Note
"Introduction by Philip Roth"--Cover.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Bellow, S. (2003). Herzog. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bellow, Saul. 2003. Herzog. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bellow, Saul, Herzog. New York, Penguin Books, 2003.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bellow, Saul. Herzog. New York, Penguin Books, 2003.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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