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Fiction Psychological

Ravelstein

by (author) Saul Bellow

read by Peter Ganim

Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Initial publish date
May 2015
Category
Psychological, Literary
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781501215612
    Publish Date
    May 2015
    List Price
    $21.99

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Description

Abe Ravelstein is a famously iconoclastic university professor who has died from AIDS; his close friend Chick is writing a memoir about him. As the story unfolds, we hear Ravelstein's (and Chick's) complex, challenging, often uproarious thoughts on mortality, history, art, sex, even vaudeville routines from the distant past. At the same time, we are drawn into a beautifully nuanced portrait of a rare and fascinating friendship.

Deeply insightful and always moving, Ravelstein is an unforgettable journey through love and memory.

About the authors

Saul Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel HUMBOLDT’S GIFT in 1975, and in 1976 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work.’ He is the only novelist to receive three National Book Awards, for THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, HERZOG, and MR. SAMMLER’S PLANET

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PETER GANIM is an award-winning stage, film and television actor and the narrator of over 100 audiobooks. He lives in New York City.

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