Saul Bellow

The Victim

Notify me when the book’s added
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
It's sweltering summer in New York City, and Asa Leventhal is alone. His co-workers ignore or condescend to him, his wife is away with her mother, and his estranged brother has run off, abandoning his wife and two sons. One night, Leventhal is confronted by a stranger--'one of those guys who want you to think they can see to the bottom of your soul'--who reveals himself to be a marginal figure from his distant past. Leventhal, accused of ruining the man's life, becomes shocked and dismissive, vehemently denying any part in the man's unhappy lot. But as time passes, he is increasingly unable to separate his own good fortune from the bad luck of this down-and-out stranger, who will not leave him be. A brief, haunting rumination on the vagaries of fate and responsibility, The Victim is, in the words of Norman Rush, Saul Bellow's “purest creation.”
This book is currently unavailable
302 printed pages
Original publication
2013
Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Quotes

  • jchaplitskayahas quoted7 years ago
    I am all I have in this world. And with all my shortcomings my life is precious to me.
  • jchaplitskayahas quoted7 years ago
    You want the whole world to like you. There’re bound to be some people who don’t think well of you. As I do, for instance. Why, isn’t it enough for you that some do?

On the bookshelves

fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)