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The broad brushstrokes of the life of Saul Bellow (1915–2005), one of America's most decorated writers, have been calcified as legend, none more than the image of the irascible lion in winter looking back on his extraordinary life with a sense of both accomplishment and regret. But to fully understand Bellow at the end of his life, one must return to the first five decades: the son of Russian immigrants settling in Quebec before landing in the chaos and exuberant energy of prewar Chicago; a young man discovering the world and his attraction to women and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More