The Dangling Man - Couverture souple

Bellow, Saul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014001862X ISBN 13 : 9780140018622

Editeur : Penguin, 1977

Synopsis

A novel in which the victim of a series of mix-ups (which delays his entry into the army) finds himself facing a year with nothing to do, and so decides to keep a record of his time on the streets of Chicago. From the author of THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH and HERZOG.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An essential masterwork by Nobel laureate Saul Bellow—now with an introduction by J. M. Coetzee
 
Expecting to be inducted into the army to fight in World War II, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Saul Bellow's first novel documents Joseph's psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.
 
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Dangling Man is his journal, a wonderful account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets, his musings on the past, his psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him, and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014001862X
• ISBN 13: 9780140018622
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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