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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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Herzog, Saul Bellow
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- Released
- 1965
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- Title
- Herzog
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Saul Bellow
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1965
- Format
- Paperback
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Classics, USA, American Literature, 20th century, New York, Psychological novels, Letters, Nobel prize, Teachers, Divorce, Sad, Madness, Chicago, Classicism
- First published
- 1964
- Original title
- Herzog
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- 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?..