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The Adventures of Saul Bellow Documentary

(NR) 83 minutes
2025-05-16 11:00:00 2025-05-16 11:30:00 America/New_York The Adventures of Saul Bellow Documentary The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Pulitzer Prize, Saul Bellow transformed modern literature. This documentary traces Bellow's rise to eminence and examines his many identities. Barnegat Branch - Barnegat Meeting Room

Friday, May 16
11:00am - 11:30am

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The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Pulitzer Prize, Saul Bellow transformed modern literature. This documentary traces Bellow's rise to eminence and examines his many identities.

The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, three National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize, Saul Bellow transformed modern literature. This documentary traces Bellow's rise to eminence and examines his many identities: chronicler of post-war American Jewish life, reluctant public intellectual, 'serial husband', father, Chicagoan, Jew and American

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