Lot 147
Bellow, Saul (1915 -) Canadian-born American novelist; Nobel Prize winner (1976); author of novels such as Adventures of Augie March (1953), Herzog (1964), and Humboldt's Gift ((1975). Autograph Letter Signed "Saul," 5 pp (3 sheets of yellow legal pad), 12½x8" (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (11 May 1959). Very Fine. With holograph envelope addressed to Herbert Gold and "Bellow" in the return address. Bellow discusses Gold's novel The Optimist and makes some incisive comments on his own works. In part: "The Optimist is the best novel you've written….I was glad to see you take a Balzacian turn, into social interests, into politics….An old fellow, a Yiddish journalist…told me…'Your pen has powerrr.' This I bequeath to you…. I've always avoided hurting my favorites. I've given all the injuries to the poor Wilhelms, the men of burlap.The men of fine silk I've overprotected…." Much more interesting content.
Estimated Value $600 - 900.
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