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Bellow, Saul.
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Jewish men -- Fiction
Young men -- Fiction.
Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Fatherless families -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Fiction.
National Book Awards.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.
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Bellow, Saul.
Jewish men -- Fiction
Young men -- Fiction.
Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Fatherless families -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Fiction.
National Book Awards.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.
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The
adventures
of
Augie
March
: a
novel
/ Saul Bellow ; introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
by
Bellow, Saul.
Penguin, 2006.
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Subjects
Jewish men -- Fiction
Young men -- Fiction.
Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Fatherless families -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Fiction.
National Book Awards.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.
Series
Penguin classics
ISBN:
9780143039570 (trade pbk.)
Description:
xvii, 586 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
Augie
March
is a Jewish-American boy growing up fatherless and poor in Depression-era Chicago. He seeks a "special destiny," although his circumstances seem to position him for a uniquely disappointing life: his family consists of a simple-minded mother, a brother and "grandmother" who prove to be Machiavellian in their intentions, and an "idiot" youngest brother, Georgie.
Awards:
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 1954.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Bildungsromans
Picaresque literature.
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1
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