Dangling Man

by Saul Bellow Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

Overview

An essential masterwork by Nobel laureate Saul Bellow

Expecting to be inducted into the army during World War II, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Written in diary format, Bellow's first novel documents Joseph's psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.

Editorial Reviews

Kenneth Fearing

In this imaginative journal, set against fresh and vivid scenes in Chicago, the author has outlined what must seem to many others an uncannily accurate delineation of themselves.
— The New York Times, 1944

Edmund Wilson

One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war.
—The New Yorker

By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

“One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war,” –Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker

“In this imaginative journal, set against fresh and vivid scenes in Chicago, the author has outlined what must seem to many others an uncannily accurate delineation of themselves.” –The New York Times

“An extraordinary first novel.” –The Observer

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169690705
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	12/20/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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