Dec 19, 2009

Henderson the Rain King | Henderson the Rain King

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Author: Saul Bellow
First Published: 1959
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Picaresque
Time of Work: Late 1950’s
Setting: Primarily Africa
Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
Subjects: 1950’s, Self-discovery, Africa or Africans, Courage, Gods or goddesses, Identity, Millionaires, Priests, Animals, dangerous, Rain
Locales: Africa, France, Connecticut

Characters Discussed

Eugene Henderson, a fifty-five-year-old millionaire from Danbury, Connecticut. He has been married twice and has five children. At a time when most people would be thinking of retirement and the end of life, Henderson is seized by wanderlust. Although he never precisely explains why he wants to go to Africa, in the course of his adventures it becomes clear that he is the kind of person who is curious about everything and who must find out what is over the next hill, like Odysseus, a classical character with whom he is compared. Before he leaves on his...

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Henderson the Rain King | Henderson the Rain King

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