After a single chapter I predict many quotes during this reading adventure. We could leave the much-discussed first paragraph for fear it might consume too much time so early in the game, but there are gems galore.
On page 3, our narrator is talking about his brother Simon in the context of Augie’s dispensary chore:
But this [...]
Category Archives: The Adventures of Augie March
The Teachings of Saul Bellow
20 May 2007 – 9:39 am
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
19 May 2007 – 10:10 pm
In seventh grade I knew a boy named Augie. He went by his middle name but of course instructors would always read names off their official lists and his secret never had a real chance of survival. Outside of being the only August I have ever met and preferring the name Virgil to Augie [...]
