Ravelstein (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The late 1980’s through the late 1990’s
- Setting: Paris; American Midwest; New Hampshire; St. Martin, West Indies; and Boston
- Principal Characters: Abe Ravelstein, Chick, Vela, Rosamund, Nikki
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans
- Locales: Boston, MA
In his eulogy for Allan Bloom (1930-1992), the controversial author of the surprise best-seller The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students (1987), Saul Bellow said of his friend:
When he was paralyzed by Guillain-Barré syndrome and sent down to the intensive care unit, he was not expected to survive. I was in his hospital room when he was brought upstairs and returned to his bed. He was no sooner in it than the phone rang—a saleswoman from Loeber Motors was calling. He indicated that he...
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