Troppe cose a cui pensare. Saggi 1951-2000

≪ Constiinta mea dintai a fost aceea a unui cosmos, iar in cosmosul acela, eram evreu. Dupa saptezeci de ani si mai bine, dintre care vreo cincizeci mi i-am petrecut scriind carti, nu mai pot face nimic altceva, decat sa descriu ce s-a intamplat, pot numai sa ma ofer pe mine insumi ca ilustrare. Ist Leggi tutto

The book club assignment included the following selections: Up from the Pushcart: On Abraham Cahan, 1961--Two stars The Civilized Barbarian Reader , 1987--Three-and-a-half stars Machines and Storybooks: Literature in the Age of Technology, 1974--Two-and-a-half The Nobel Lecture, 1976 Two-and-a-half A Jewis Leggi tutto

Ci sono troppe cose a cui pensare. È un’impresa disperata: le tipologie di preparazione specifica richieste sono infinite. In fatto di elettronica, economia, analisi sociale, storia, psicologia e politica internazionale la maggior parte di noi, data l’oceanica e proliferante complessità delle cose, Leggi tutto

I started this book as a preparation to reading the new critical biography of Bellow that came out earlier this year. I have read Bellow's work from time to time and enjoyed it, most recently Ravelstein. Bellow always struck me as a curious mix of intellectual vigor, penetrating insight, cynicism, a Leggi tutto

Bellow's been hard done by because the humanist notions that he espouses have become so clearly out of date. His books are hard to read today because of misogyny (the most apparent thing) and racism (less apparent, perhaps, but still visible depending on which texts you pick). In this bunch of essay Leggi tutto

While ostensibly composed predominantly of literary analysis, the contained essays are of a culturally philosophical nature. It will taking many readings to fully grasp the meanings contained herein, and I will delight in all of them. I equally look forward to using this volume as a companion book t Leggi tutto

There is simply too much to think about. The phrase, splashed across the cover, suggests a sweeping scope to which this collection doesn’t quite measure. But the title comes from an essay of the same name. In it, Saul Bellow laments the classification of writers as intellectuals and berates intellec Leggi tutto

As someone who initially picked this up as the only work by Saul Bellow I've read, the collection felt deeply personal. While most pieces were prepared speeches or lectures, it is easy to tell, particularly with the final two sections: "The Eighties" and "The Nineties and Beyond" how Bellow turned b Leggi tutto

This was from Good Reads giveaway program.....Thank you. I am a lover of all things written by H L Mencken, so this was a fairly easy reading transition. I have never read Mr Bellow until this book and, in a word, it is delightful. It is grouped with articles from the 50's 60's 70's 80's and 90's which Leggi tutto

This is a Goodreads First Reads review. This is an interesting compilation of articles showcasing a tremendous literary light. Bellow covered a range of different subjects from cityscapes to character profiles to himself, both in the past and his current self. Most are fairly short but none are tedio Leggi tutto