num_pages: 116
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".
language: English
title: The Actual
titlecomplete: The Actual
characters: Jay Wustrin, Sigmund Adletsky, Harry Trellman, Dame Siggy, Amy Wustrin, Bodo Heisinger, Madge Heisinger
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, American, Novella, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 1598
places: Chicago, Illinois
publisher: Penguin