The great novel of the American dream, of "the Universal eligibility to be noble," Saul Bellow's third book charts the picaresque journey of one schemer, chancer, romantic, and holy fool: Augie March. Awarded the National Book Award in 1953, The Adventures of Augie March remains one of the classics of American literature.
The child of Jewish immigrants, reared in Chicago during the Great Depression, Augie sets off in search of reality, fulfillment, and most importantly, love. As he travels from the depths of poverty to the peaks of worldly success, Augie stands as an irresistible, poignant incarnation of the American idea of freedom. Written in the cascades of brilliant, biting, ravishing prose that would come to be known as "Bellovian," The Adventures of Augie March re-wrote the language of Saul Bellow's generation.
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