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Saul Bellow : "I was a Jew and an American and a writer" : Sorin, Gerald, 1940- author. : Book, Regular Print Book : Toronto Public Library
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In an insightful new look at Bellow's life and career, Gerald Sorin argues that Bellow's immersion in Yiddish and childhood memories of the vibrant Jewish life on Montreal's Napoleon and Dominique streets continued to echo in his adult inner ear and permeated almost all of his writing. Much of Bellow's creative power, including the dynamic, comic, and lusty language that became his literary signature, was shaped and informed by the fact that he was Jewish"--" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4595353&R=4595353" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Toronto Public Library" /> <meta name="p:domain_verify" content="7d9e14c156f8c4d39d2990ce64d144c7" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans+Condensed:300,700|Open+Sans:400,300,600,700,800&subset=latin,latin-ext,cyrillic,greek-ext,greek,vietnamese,cyrillic-ext" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/compiled/pages/environment-banner.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/asset/93ae2784674622cac2cb04571cb82aa2/css/compiled/pages/navigation.css" type="text/css" /> <![if !(IE 8)]> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/foundation.css" 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He had a trilingual childhood which included Yiddish as well as English and French. In an insightful new look at Bellow's life and career, Gerald Sorin argues that Bellow's immersion in Yiddish and childhood memories of the vibrant Jewish life on Montreal's Napoleon and Dominique streets continued to echo in his adult inner ear and permeated almost all of his writing. 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23 cm.</td> </tr> <tr class="public-information"> <th scope='row'>Date acquired:</th> <td> November 19, 2024 </td> </tr> <tr class="notes"> <th scope='row'>More creator details:</th> <td>Gerald Sorin.</td> </tr> <tr class="series"> <th scope='row'>Series statement:</th> <td>The modern Jewish experience</td> </tr> <tr class="series"> <th scope='row'>Series title:</th> <td><a href="/search.jsp?N=0&Ntk=p_series_added_title&Ntx=mode+matchall&Ntt=%22Modern+Jewish+experience+%28Bloomington%2C+Ind.%29%22">Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)</a></td> </tr> <tr class="notes"> <th scope='row'>Contents note:</th> <td>1. In the Beginning -- 2. Adapting to America -- 3. The Education of Saul Bellow -- 4. Dangling Men -- 5. In the Shadow of the Holocaust -- 6. In the Land of the Holocaust -- 7. The Adventures of Saul Bellow -- 8. Fathers and Sons -- 9. Husbands and Wives -- 10. Friendships and Betrayals -- 11. Wealth, Fame, and Jewish Identity in 1960s America -- 12. Love and Death -- 13. Bellow's Gift, Israel, and the Nobel Prize -- 14. Bellow's December -- 15. A Whole New Life -- 16. Bellow Banished and Bruised -- 17. 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