Description: In this wise and dazzling work of fiction, Nobel laureate Saul Bellow writes comically and tragically about the tenacity of first love. ""The Actual" (is) the ultimate springtime story".--"San Francisco Chronicle Book Review".
Review Quotes: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
"A mature distillation of Mr. Bellow's work . . . a gem."-The New York Times " The work of a great master still locked in unequal combat with Eros and Time."
-The New York Times Book Review " [A] wonderful book . . . fully worthy of a place in its author's vastly esteemed oeuvre."
-Chicago Tribune