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"I hungrily read the book through in three nights, as though I'd stumbled upon a lost Bellow masterpiece only recently unearthed." -Philip Roth A literary milestone in its own right, this selection of correspondence connects us as never before to one of the greatest writers of... Read Full Overview

A never-before-published collection of letters - an intimate self-portrait as well as the portrait of a century. Saul Bellow was a dedicated correspondent until a couple of years before his death, and his letters, spanning eight decades, show us a twentieth-century life in all... Read Full Overview

"I hungrily read the book through in three nights, as though I'd stumbled upon a lost Bellow masterpiece only recently unearthed." -Philip Roth A literary milestone in its own right, this selection of correspondence connects us as never before to one of the greatest writers of... Read Full Overview