内容简介
Intimeforthecentennialofhisbirth,theNobelPrizewinner’smovingfinalnovelDeeplyinsightful,SaulBellow’smovinglastnovelisajourneythroughloveandmemory,anelegytofriendship,andapoignantmeditationondeath.Toldinmemoirform,itfollowstwouniversityprofessors,oneofwhomissuccumbingtoAIDS,astheysharethoughtsonphilosophyandhistory,lovesandfriends,mortalityandart.ThisPenguinClassicseditioncommemoratesthefifteenthanniversaryofViking’sfirstpublicationofRavelstein.FeaturinganewintroductionbyGaryShteyngart,itroundsouttheentiretyofBellow’smajorworksinPenguinClassicsblackspine.
作者简介
SAULBELLOW(1915–2005)wonthePulitzerPrizeforhisnovelHumboldt’sGift,andwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.TheonlynovelisttoreceivethreeNationalBookAwards,hewaspresentedtheNationalBookAwardFoundationMedalforDistinguishedContributiontoAmericanLetters.GARYSHTEYNGARTistheauthorofthreenovelsandamemoir,LittleFailure.HisworkhaswontheStephenCraneAwardandtheNationalJewishBookAwardforFiction.HelivesinNewYorkCity.,,,