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Mr Sammler's planet

by Saul Bellow

Set in 1960s New York, this novel follows Artur Sammler, a Holocaust survivor and intellectual, as he analyses the chaos of modern city life. Through his observations of human suffering, he seeks to find compassion and define what it means to live a moral life.

Accession 8108 ISBN — Publisher Penguin
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