Saul Bellow's Herzog (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)

Ouch! This is a heavy read. I tried to connect with his character--his suffering a nervous break-down, a career as a professer that started out amazing and then stalled. Failed relationships aplenty. Too ethnic, however, for me to enjoy. That and he's a loser. Worth reading for this line: "A man may say, 'From now on I'm going to speak the truth.' But the truth hears him and runs away and...more

Ouch! This is a heavy read. I tried to connect with his character--his suffering a nervous break-down, a career as a professer that started out amazing and then stalled. Failed relationships aplenty. Too ethnic, however, for me to enjoy. That and he's a loser. Worth reading for this line: "A man may say, 'From now on I'm going to speak the truth.' But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.' Nice.   hide