Bellow, Saul.

The Adventures of Augie March.

First British Book Edition. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. 536 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very slight discolouring of edges and pages. Two inscriptions on endpaper dated 1954 and 1976.

The Adventures of Augie March is a picaresque novel by Saul Bellow, published in 1953 by Viking Press. It features the eponymous Augie March who grows up during the Great Depression and it is an example of bildungsroman, tracing the development of an individual through a series of encounters, occupations and relationships from boyhood to manhood. The Adventures of Augie March won the 1954 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Both Time magazine and the Modern Library Board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: 20th Century · American Great Depression · American Literature · American Literature – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 60224AB

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