Internet Archive. Language. English. Kenneth Trachtenberg, the witty and eccentric narrator of More Die of Heartbreak, has left his native Paris for the Midwest. He has come to be near his beloved uncle, the world-renowned botanist Benn Crader, self-described "plant visionary." While his studies take him around the world, Benn, a restless spirit, has not been able to satisfy his longings after his first marriage and User Interaction Count: · Overview. In More Die of Heartbreak, our erratic narrator explains to his audience that he must abandon Paris for the Midwest. Of course, Kenneth merely wants to be closer to his beloved uncle, the world-famous botanist Benn Crader, to receive the older man’s worldly wisdom. The mercurial Benn, however, struggles to put down roots himself, constantly departing for the forests of India, the Brand: Odyssey Editions. · 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 /5.
Preview — More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow. "Towards the end of your life you have something like a pain schedule to fill out—a long schedule like a federal document, only it's your pain schedule. Endless categories. First, physical causes—like arthritis, gallstones, menstrual cramps. New category, injured vanity, betrayal, swindle. An Instinct for the Dangerous Wife More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow pp. New York: William Morrow Company. $ ''EVERY life has its basic, characteristic difficulty,'' says middle-aged Benn Crader, contemplating the summing up in a ''pain schedule'' with endless categories: arthritis, injured vanity, betrayal, injustice, but ''the hardest items of all have to do with love. More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow starting at $ More Die of Heartbreak has 10 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace.
More Die of Heartbreak has all the humor of a French farce, and all the brooding darkness of a Hitchcock film. From this tragicomedy Bellow unravels a brilliant and sinister examination of contemporary sexuality, asking why even the most noble pursuits often end in mundane disillusionment. More Die of Heartbreak is a novel by the American author Saul Bellow, and was his tenth novel. Like most of Bellow's other works, More Die of Heartbreak is grounded more in the development of character than in the growth of action. Among its themes are the difficulties of reconciling one's ideals with "the actual" and the difficulties of relating to parents and to mortality. Henderson The Rain King-Saul Bellow More Die of Heartbreak-Saul Bellow In More Die of Heartbreak, our erratic narrator explains to his audience that he must abandon Paris for the Midwest. Of course, Kenneth merely wants to be closer to his beloved uncle, the world-famous botanist Benn Crader, to receive the older man’s worldly.
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