More Die of Heartbreak, Saul Bellow
More Die of Heartbreak, Saul Bellow
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More Die of Heartbreak

Author: Saul Bellow

Narrator: Ramiz Monsef

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/07/2015

Synopsis

The tenth novel by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Saul BellowKenneth Trachtenberg, an eccentric and witty native of Paris, travels to the Midwest to spend time with his famous American uncle, a world-renowned botanist and self-described “plant visionary.” After numerous affairs and failed relationships, the restless Uncle Benn seeks a settled existence in the form of marriage—but tying the knot again opens the door to a host of new torments. Benn’s erotic tendencies and disastrous relationships lead him and Kenneth into a hilarious and wonderful romp through America’s mind-body dilemma—a journey in which Kenneth must also examine his own shortcomings with women.Philosophical and humorous, More Die of Heartbreak mercilessly examines the inner workings of a man in desperate pursuit of happiness.

About Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (1915–2005), author of numerous novels, novellas, and stories, was the only novelist to receive three National Book Awards. He also received the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. During the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict, Bellow served as a war correspondent for Newsday. He taught at New York University, Princeton, and the University of Minnesota and was chairman of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.

About Ramiz Monsef

Ramiz Monsef has spent several seasons as a member of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s acting company, and he is the playwright of OSF’s 2013 production The Unfortunates. He has also appeared onstage in New York and in numerous regional productions.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on October 12, 2022

The novel More Die of Heartbreak is a dark intellectual satire written in Saul Bellow’s idiosyncratic highbrow style. It is a story of two modest savants – an uncle and his nephew. The uncle is a shy widowed botanist… According to one of his colleagues, and colleagues are generally the last to say suc......more

Goodreads review by Emilio on May 07, 2018

Lo zio d'America "... certamente le radiazioni fanno male, ma muore più gente di crepacuore". Un libro tutto da gustare, questo. E pensare che la partenza sembra così sottotono da risultare non molto incoraggiante. Invece merita la lettura, eccome! Un giovane intellettuale lascia la Francia e raggiung......more

Goodreads review by Jorge on November 30, 2020

No sabría si recomendar abiertamente este libro debido a que Saúl Bellow (1915-2005) es un autor que para muchos puede pasar por aburrido o bien puede no gustar su estilo lleno de cavilaciones y divagaciones con algún contenido filosófico y también con algunas referencias eruditas. Me parece que en......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on May 13, 2020

This is Saul Bellow at his best: witty, provocative, urbane, and wise, all rolled up in one rollicking plot. Unlike in some of Bellow's other novels where plot takes a back seat to character, this novel offers a compelling plot that keeps you breathlessly turning the pages to find out what comes nex......more

Quotes

“Brilliant and funny.” New York Times

“It is Bellow’s genius that he can present a provocative novel of ideas as a riotous comedy. Ample proof that Bellow remains one of our most significant writers, the comic sage of American letters.” Library Journal

“As in all Bellow’s novels since Herzog, philosophical speculation is as important as plot, if not more so. Here Bellow dwells on the cult of sex in contemporary culture, as well as such soul-diminishing demands as the drives for power, wealth, and prestige…Serious stuff, certainly, but it is Bellow’s genius that he can present a provocative novel of ideas as a riotous comedy. Ample proof that Bellow remains one of our most significant writers, the comic sage of American letters.” Library Journal

“There are great chunks of fine, funny Bellovian rhetoric here.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Awards

  • New York Times Book Review Book of the Year
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