Humboldt's Gift | Techniques
Bellow said that he put the best of himself into Humboldt's Gift. It does seem to combine the best features of his earlier fictions. It has the long, episodic plot, the huge cast of characters, and the humor of The Adventures of Augie March (1953). It also features the intellectual protagonist, the subjectivity, and the philosophical seriousness of Herzog (1964). The outer and inner worlds of Bellow are joined in a seamless whole.
Humboldt's Gift is also a roman a clef (a story based on real-life people and events). Various characters in the novel...
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