Herzog is alone, now that Madeleine has left him for his best friend. Solitary, in a crumbling house which he shares with rats, he is buffeted by a whirlwind of mental activity. People rumoured that his mind had collapsed. But was it true? Locked for days in the custody of his rambling memories, Her
Herzog
✍ Scribed by Saul Bellow
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 280 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0141975032
- ASIN
- B0089NVT2S
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
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Kindle, 368 pages
Published 1964
Penguin Modern Classics (2007)
National Book Award for Fiction (1965)
Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels in English (1950-1999)
Time's List of the 100 Best Novels
Herzog is alone, now that Madeleine has left him for his best friend. Solitary, in a crumbling house which he shares with rats, he is buffeted by a whirlwind of mental activity. People rumoured that his mind had collapsed. But was it true? Locked for days in the custody of his rambling memories, Herzog scrawls frantic letters which he never mails. His mind buzzes with conundrums and polemics, writing in a spectacular intellectual labyrinth. Is he crazy, or is he a genius?
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