Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow · 1956
Buy on AmazonSeize the Day, first published in 1956, is Saul Bellow's fourth book, containing the title novella, three short stories, and a one-act play. A review in The New Republic said it contained "at least three brilliant stories", and concluded, "Altogether, Bellow seems more suited by temperament and ability than any writer of his generation to create for America 'the untreated conscience' of modern man." The book was a finalist for the 1957 National Book Award for Fiction.
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