Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
At my advanced age, I can appreciate the frustrations of a life never fully realized, or existential questions that go unanswered, but I suspect I still wouldn't warm up to Bellow, or that book. Oddly, and unexpectedly, I really enjoyed Thomas Mann and James Joyce, though not enough to read more of their works. Although one of my many majors was English, I wasn't much of a literature buff--"Don't tell me what to read" being my motto. Never was much for authority.
I have found good literature to be one of the great pleasures of life. I'm grateful to the people in my life who have steered me toward the best of the written word and helped me understand it. By all means, tell me what to read.