Get 3 audiobooks free with a 30-Day Free Trial Sign Up Free

Herzog

Author:
Saul Bellow
Read Read Own Own

Unabridged Audiobook

Listen Free Now
  • Listen free with a 30-day free trial
  • Choose 2 bonus VIP books
  • Enjoy 10,000 always free books
Ratings
Book
8
Narrator
3
Release Date
November 20, 2009
Duration
15 hours 37 minutes
Summary
Herzog is a man seeking balance, trying to regain a foothold on his life. Thrown out of his ex-wife’s house, Herzog retreats to his abandoned home in a remote village in the Berkshire Mountains. Amid the dust of the disused house, he begins scribbling letters to family, friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, dead philosophers, ex-presidents—anyone with whom he feels compelled to set the record straight. The letters—which are never sent—are a means to cure himself of the psychic strain of the failures of his life: that of being a bad husband, a loving but poor father, an ungrateful child, a distant brother, an egoist to friends, and an apathetic citizen.

Herzog is primarily a novel of redemption. For all of its innovative techniques and brilliant comedy, it tells one of the oldest of stories. Like The Divine Comedy, it progresses from darkness to light, from ignorance to enlightenment. Today it is still considered one of the greatest literary expressions of postwar America.
Browse By Category
Reviews
Profile Avatar Daniel B. Jan 2020

Five stars for the novel and the narration.

Herzog

Herzog

Author: Saul Bellow
Read by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Listen Free Now Get any book plus
2 bonus VIP books
1 book added to cart
Subtotal
$24.95
View Cart