{"product_id":"ravelstein-9780143107576","title":"Ravelstein","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn time for the centennial of his birth, the Nobel Prize winner's moving final novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply insightful, Saul Bellow's moving last novel is a journey through love and memory, an elegy to friendship, and a poignant meditation on death. Told in memoir form, it follows two university professors, one of whom is succumbing to AIDS, as they share thoughts on philosophy and history, loves and friends, mortality and art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of Viking's first publication of \u003ci\u003eRavelstein\u003c\/i\u003e. Featuring a new introduction by Gary Shteyngart, it rounds out the entirety of Bellow's major works in Penguin Classics black spine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143107576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Saul Bellow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896681300149,"sku":"9780143107576","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fbc3f329-68a9-499a-9b7d-2dd39f38bca1.jpg?v=1712631574","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ravelstein-9780143107576","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}