The adventures of Augie March /
Bellow, Saul,
The adventures of Augie March / [print] Saul Bellow ; introduction by Christopher Hitchens. - New York : Penguin , (c)2006. - xvii, 586 pages ; 21 cm. - Penguin Classics. . - Penguin classics. .
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.
9780143039570
Americans--Mexico--Fiction.
Failure (Psychology)--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
PS3503.B448.A384 2006 PS3503
The adventures of Augie March / [print] Saul Bellow ; introduction by Christopher Hitchens. - New York : Penguin , (c)2006. - xvii, 586 pages ; 21 cm. - Penguin Classics. . - Penguin classics. .
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.
9780143039570
Americans--Mexico--Fiction.
Failure (Psychology)--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
PS3503.B448.A384 2006 PS3503