Ravelstein |
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Author:
| Bellow, Saul |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-118885-0 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2023 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor 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. Much to Ravelstein's own surprise, the book makes him a millionaire. Ravelstein suggests in turn that Chick write a memoir or a life of him, and during the course of a...
More DescriptionAbe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor 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. Much to Ravelstein's own surprise, the book makes him 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