Saul Bellow

Mr Artur Sammler, intellectual and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a registrar of madness, a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future. His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul.

Durante muchos años, el gra poeta Von Humboldt Fleisher y Charlie Citrine, un joven completamene inflamado por el amor a la literatura, han sido los mejores amigos. Pero cuando le llega la muerte, Humboldt es un escritor fracasado y la vida de Charlie ha llegado a un punto critico: su carrera profesional no avanza, esta sumergido en un espantoso divorcio, liado con una mujer joven con la que no encaja y frecuenta compañias poco recomendables. ¿Comos salir de todo eso? La ultima voluntad de Humboldt, que protege a su amigo Charlie desde su tumba, es un 'legado' que puede ayudarle a tomar de nuevo las riendas de su vida. El legado de Humboldt, segun la critica una de las mejores novelas de Bellow, obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer en 1975.

Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Dangling Man is his journal, a wonderful account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets, his musings on the past, his psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him, and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.