Seize the Day (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1950’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Tommy Wilhelm, Dr. Adler, Dr. Tamkin
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, New York City, Alienation, Fathers, Money
- Locales: Manhattan, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Brooklyn, NY
The Story:
Tommy Wilhelm descended from the twenty-third floor of the Gloriana Hotel and entered the lobby in search of his father. At the reception desk he collected the mail, bought a newspaper, and was told that his father, Dr. Adler, was already in the dining room having breakfast. Tommy was bracing himself to meet his father; a host of recollections burst upon him. He was painfully aware of his father’s contempt for him. The old man—now in his seventies—considered Tommy a failure.
In his middle forties, his marriage on the rocks, Tommy did not consider himself...
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