Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university and a man who glories in training the movers and shakers of the political world. He has lived grandly and ferociously-and much beyond his means. His close friend Chick has suggested that he put forth a book of his convictions about the ideas which sustain humankind, or kill it, and much to Ravelstein's own surprise, he does and becomes a millionaire. Ravelstein suggests in turn that Chick write a memoir or a life of him, and during the course of a celebratory trip to Paris the two share thoughts on mortality, philosophy and history, loves and friends, old and new, and vaudeville routines from the remote past. The mood turns more somber once they have returned to the Midwest and Ravelstein succumbs to AIDS and Chick himself nearly dies.
Deeply insightful and always moving, Saul Bellow's new novel is a journey through love and memory. It is brave, dark, and bleakly funny: an elegy to friendship and to lives well (or badly) lived.
Deeply insightful and always moving, Saul Bellow's new novel is a journey through love and memory. It is brave, dark, and bleakly funny: an elegy to friendship and to lives well (or badly) lived.
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Hardback Editions
January 2001 : Hardback
| Title: Ravelstein (Wheeler Compass) Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 1-56895-127-2 / 9781568951270 (USA edition) Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Case of Love Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-670-84134-X / 978-0-670-84134-9 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-670-89131-2 / 978-0-670-89131-3 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Hardback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-670-89372-2 / 978-0-670-89372-0 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein (Penguin Modern Classics) Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-14-118885-5 / 978-0-14-118885-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): BELLOW SAUL ISBN: 9875662712 / 9789875662711 Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein: Readers Guide Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-14-771625-X / 978-0-14-771625-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-14-100176-3 / 978-0-14-100176-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-14-029155-5 / 978-0-14-029155-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-14-100100-3 / 978-0-14-100100-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2000 : Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 0-9650000-9-5 / 978-0-9650000-9-3 (Puerto Rico edition) Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
August 2000 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Ravelstein Author(s): Saul Bellow ISBN: 1-56511-428-0 / 9781565114289 (USA edition) Publisher: HighBridge Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
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