Herzog - Saul Bellow - Folio Society - 2012 edition

Description: Herzog by Saul Bellow. Introduced by Malcolm Bradbury. Frontispiece and 8 black & white photographs. Quarter bound in buckram with Modigliani paper sides, front and back boards printed with a drawing by Jesse Reichek. 384pp. 9½×6¼ inches. Considered one of the greatest literary expressions of post war America, this is a masterpiece by one of America’s finest novelists. Herzog traces five days in the expansive, troubled mind of a failing academic, cuckolded by his best friend and usurped as a father. Eventually retreating to his abandoned home in rural Massachusetts, Moses Herzog commits himself to solitude and sets out to understand the energies and influences within him and without that have shaped his life. In a series of letters, he addresses the women on whom much of his identity has depended his mistresses, his dead mother and his ex-wife, the beautiful, cruel Madeleine. He writes to President Eisenhower and the philosophers Nietzsche and Hegel. He jots, even, a few lines to God. Herzog’s missives never sent are at once manic and inspired, poignant and darkly comical. Please look closely at the photos as they are part of the description. Will wrap and pack very carefully. Will post worldwide. Any questions please ask. In the unlikely event you do encounter a problem, please do message me first to resolve it, and I will do my best to help.All the books are stored in our smoke-free, climate-controlled shop in Surbiton, London.

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