00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Bellow, Saul aut Verfasser/-in Hitchens, Christopher Poverty fiction oddity CHICAGO american classic occupations Great Depression rejection MEXICO adventure growing up American Shelves companions young man failure America novel The adventures of Augie March Introduction by Christopher Hitchens Bellow, Saul USA Penguin Books 2006 Penguin Classics As soon as it first appeared in 1953, this novel by the great Saul Bellow was hailed as an American classic. Augie, the exuberant narrator-hero is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Deptression. A “born recruit,” Augie makes himself available for a series of occupations, then proudly rejects each one as unworthy. His own oddity is reflected in the companions he encounters—plungers, schemers, risk-takers, and “hole-and corner” operators like the would-be tycoon Einhorn or the would-be siren Thea, who travels with an eagle trained to hunt small creatures. This Penguin Classics edition, with an introduction by celebrated writer and critic Christopher Hitchens, makes a literary masterpiece available to a new generation of readers. 9780143039570 9780143039570 0143039571 0143039571 eng Band 586 Seiten