A Theft (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novella
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Clara Velde, Ithiel Regler, Wilder Velde, Gina Wegman
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Politics, New York City, 1980’s, Remarriage, Identity, Asian Americans, Insurance, Rings, Fashion industry
- Locales: New York, NY
In his novella A Theft, Saul Bellow, America’s 1976 Nobel laureate and the distinguished author of such prizewinning novels as The Adventures of Augie March (1953), Herzog (1964), Mr. Sammler’s Planet (1970), and Humboldt’s Gift (1975), has written something he had never tried before: a story with a female protagonist. Like the male heroes of many earlier novels, Clara Velde is at once strong and driven: an intelligent, successful, introspective, garrulous figure, in quest of love and wisdom, or as a minimum, seeking peace of mind amid the...
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