9788483461839
Ravelstein
Saul Bellow
ISBN 13: 9788483461839
Publisher: Debolsillo
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Softcover
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"...Bellow has fashioned a rich, loving and affecting book..It is a measure of how faithfully Bellow has portrayed this friendship that this book rings with its laughter and joy, indeed at times is as funny as anything Bellow has ever written, no small accomplishment in and of itself. The book has no plot to speak of and should not be read by anyone in search of one....[Ravelstein] is an extraordinary character, one to take his place alongside Augie March and Henderson and, most particularly, Humboldt....Bellow, who is now midway through his ninth decade, still feels with the intensity of youth, and here shows us that friendship, however platonic, can provoke longing and passion just as does love. Surely his memoir would please his subject; as for the reader, it is hard not to feel privileged at being allowed a glimpse into a human connection as intimate and rewarding as this one."
Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World, 04/09/2000
Review:"[A] chatty, intermittently engaging work that feels more like a fictionalized portrait than a fully fashioned novel. Indeed, the book is at its most compelling when Mr. Bellow's narrator--a writer named Chick, who functions as an authorial stand-in--simply reminisces about his old friend Abe Ravelstein, memorializing his antics, his idiosyncrasies and tastes. When Mr. Bellow tries to give the book more of a plot, to flesh out Chick's relationship with Ravelstein and more minor members of the cast, his efforts feel peculiarly tentative and flaccid, as though he wasn't entirely sure what he wanted to make of his hero's story....Mr. Bellow would have ended up with a better book (and doubtless done better by his late friend) had he simply written a straightforward memoir instead of trying, unsuccessfully, to pump up his reminiscences into a work of fiction."
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, 04/20/2000
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Book Description: DeBols!llo 20061100, 2006. Book Condition: New. El premio Nobel Saul Bellow nos propone un viaje a través del amor y de la memoria. Abe Ravelstein es un profesor brillante de una eminente universidad del Oeste Medio y un hombre que se vanagloria de haber enseñadoa todos los que manejan la política mundial. Ha vivido de manera fastuosa muy por encima de sus posibilidades. Su buen amigo Chick le ha sugerido que escriba un libro con sus opiniones sobre las ideas que sostienen al ser humano, o le matan, y ante la sorpresa de Ravelstein el libro es un gran éxito que le convierte en millonario. Para que Chick pueda compartir con él la buena racha, Ravelstein le escoge como biógrafo, y durante un viaje a París para celebrar las ventas del libro, ambos compartirán sus pensamientos sobre la muerte, la filosofía y la historia, los amores y los amigos, lo viejo y lo nuevo, y la rutina de vodevil del pasado remoto. Profundamente introspectivo y siempre conmovedor, en esta novela el premio Nobel Saul Bellow nos propone un viaje a través del amor y de la memoria. Es valiente, oscuro y desoladamente divertido: una elegía a la amistad y a las vidas bien -o mal- vividas. «Bellow florece de nuevo. . . Ravelstein rebosa vida. » Time. Bookseller Inventory # 637293 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: DeBols!llo 20061100, 2006. Book Condition: New. El premio Nobel Saul Bellow nos propone un viaje a través del amor y de la memoria. Abe Ravelstein es un profesor brillante de una eminente universidad del Oeste Medio y un hombre que se vanagloria de haber enseñadoa todos los que manejan la política mundial. Ha vivido de manera fastuosa muy por encima de sus posibilidades. Su buen amigo Chick le ha sugerido que escriba un libro con sus opiniones sobre las ideas que sostienen al ser humano, o le matan, y ante la sorpresa de Ravelstein el libro es un gran éxito que le convierte en millonario. Para que Chick pueda compartir con él la buena racha, Ravelstein le escoge como biógrafo, y durante un viaje a París para celebrar las ventas del libro, ambos compartirán sus pensamientos sobre la muerte, la filosofía y la historia, los amores y los amigos, lo viejo y lo nuevo, y la rutina de vodevil del pasado remoto. Profundamente introspectivo y siempre conmovedor, en esta novela el premio Nobel Saul Bellow nos propone un viaje a través del amor y de la memoria. Es valiente, oscuro y desoladamente divertido: una elegía a la amistad y a las vidas bien -o mal- vividas. «Bellow florece de nuevo. . . Ravelstein rebosa vida. » Time. Bookseller Inventory # 637293 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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