Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)

Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)

â‚¬Å“An enduring testament and prophecy.â‚¬Â â‚¬â€œChicago Sun-Times

Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a â‚¬Å“registrar of madness,â‚¬Â a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon landings, endless possibilities).Â His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul.Â â‚¬Å“Sorry for all and sore at heart,â‚¬Â he observes how greater luxury and leisure have only led to more human suffering. To Mr. Sammlerâ‚¬"who by the end of this ferociously unsentimental novel has found the compassionate consciousness necessary to bridge the gap between himself and his fellow beingsâ‚¬"a good life is one in which a person does what is â‚¬Å“required of him.â‚¬Â To know and to meet the â‚¬Å“terms of the contractâ‚¬Â was as true a life as one could live.Â At its heart, this novel is quintessential Bellow: moral, urbane, sublimely humane.

This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Stanley Crouch.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2004-01-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780142437834

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2004-01-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780142437834

Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)

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