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A funny and moving love story, THE ACTUAL centres on Chicagoan Harry Trellman. After a lifetime of making money, Harry has become 'a first-class noticer', and realizes that he has been in love with Amy Wustrin since his high school days. In Amy, Harry sees what he calls his 'actual', and now he is at last ready to pursue her. But it's not until he finds himself at the cemetry, where her husband is to be exhumed and reburied, that he feels free to speak out. THE ACTUAL is a brilliant new novellafrom one of the greatest writers in the English language.
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"A mature distillation of Mr. Bellow's work . . . a gem." -"The New York Times" " The work of a great master still locked in unequal combat with Eros and Time."-"The New York Times Book Review" " [A] wonderful book . . . fully worthy of a place in its author's vastly esteemed oeuvre."-"Chicago Tribune"
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Saul Bellow was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature. He has also won the Pulitzer Prize, three National Book awards and the1990 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. A longtime resident of Chicago, he now lives in New England. His books include THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, HERZOG, MR SAMMLER'S PLANET, HUMBOLDT'S GIFT and SEIZE THE DAY.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140253033
- ISBN 13 9780140253030
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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