Country United States Publisher Viking/Penguin Books Pages 104 OCLC 36017249 | Language English Publication date 1997 Originally published 1997 Page count 104 Genres Novel, Fiction | |
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Awards National Jewish Book Award for Fiction Similar Saul Bellow books, Classical Studies books | ||
The Actual is a 1997 novella by the American author Saul Bellow.
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Plot synopsis
Like most of Bellow's fiction, the story centers on the lives of a group of passionate and anxious people living in Chicago. Harry Trellman has formed a friendship with the fabulously wealthy Sigmund Adletsky (perhaps inspired by Sheldon Adelson. There is no proof that Saul Bellow had Adelson in mind. Adelson and the Character Adletsky have very little in common except that they are both "fabulously wealthy.") Sigmund aims to bring Harry together with Harry's childhood sweetheart, Amy Wustrin.
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