MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET By SAUL BELLOW 1970 first edition

First Edition. The Viking Press, NY 1970. JACKET DESIGNED By MEL WILLIAMSON. Good/Fair++ dust jacket condition. Mr. Artur Sammler was a survivor of the Holocaust and has been haunted by memories of his literal escape from the grave. He is now living out his days in New York City. Sammler is an intellectual who once thrived on the great works of Western literature and philosophy, he now occasionally lectures at Columbia University. He records the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. THIS IS THE AUTHOR'S THIRD NATIONAL AWARD WINNING NOVEL.