Author

Publication

1977 - Penguin Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

71,500 words, Guess

Page Count

286 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100140044191
  • ISBN-139780140044195
  • LibraryThing8959277
  • Library of Congress Control Number76058850
  • Open LibraryOL4909306M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.5/2
  • LCCPZ3.B41937 Mi8
  • LCCPS3503.E4488 Mi8

Description

"Sammler, a New Yorker in his seventies, a refugee from Nazism, a thinker of complex thoughts, a touchstone around whom a heterogeneous group revolves, is not simply the protagonist but the prime mover of a many-sided novel held together by the centripetal force of his presence. The counterpoint of personalities, subplots, and incidents constitutes a tragi-comic commentary on twentieth-century urban life but it is Sammler's considered reflections on that life that dominate a novel which, most movingly, asks basic questions about how we live and what we live for at this chaotic point in history. Portions of the novel first appeared in the Atlantic."--Booklist Review.

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