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9%OFFSaul Bellow - Seize the Day - 9780141184852 - V9780141184852
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Seize the Day

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Description for Seize the Day Paperback. Fading charmer, Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successful father, failed in his acting career, and in a financial mess. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Fading charmer Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successful father, failed in his acting career (a Hollywood agent once placed him as 'the type that loses the girl') and in a financial mess. In the course of one climactic day he reviews his past mistakes and spiritual malaise, until a mysterious, philosophizing con man grants him a glorious, illuminating moment of truth and understanding, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184852
SKU
V9780141184852
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About Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow's dazzling career as a novelist was celebrated during his lifetime with an unprecedented array of literary prizes and awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, three National Book Awards, and the Gold Medal for the Novel. In 1976 he was awarded a Nobel Prize 'for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work'. ... Read more

Reviews for Seize the Day
A profoundly true image of human existence . . . This is the intense world of the ordinary, about to burst forth into the radiance of consciousness
The New York Times
What makes all of this so remarkable is not merely Bellow's eye and ear for vital detail. Nor is it his talent for exposing the innards of ... Read more

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