The adventures of Augie March /
Bellow, Saul,
The adventures of Augie March / Saul Bellow ; introduction by Christopher Hitchens. - New York : Penguin, 2006. - xvii, 586 papes ; 22 cm. - Penguin classics. . - Penguin classics .
Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1953.
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 (paperback) 0143039571 (paperback)
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
American fiction--20th century.
Americans--Mexico--Fiction.
Failure (Psychology)--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.
Picaresque literature.
PS3503.E4488 / A66 2006
813.54
The adventures of Augie March / Saul Bellow ; introduction by Christopher Hitchens. - New York : Penguin, 2006. - xvii, 586 papes ; 22 cm. - Penguin classics. . - Penguin classics .
Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1953.
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 (paperback) 0143039571 (paperback)
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
American fiction--20th century.
Americans--Mexico--Fiction.
Failure (Psychology)--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.
Picaresque literature.
PS3503.E4488 / A66 2006
813.54
