num_pages: 118
description: A moving portrait of one day in the life of Tommy Wilhelm, a man on the brink of despair."What makes all of this so remarkable is not merely Bellow's eye and ear for vital detail. Nor is it his talent for exposing the innards of character in a paragraph, a sentence, a phrase. It is Bellow's vision, his uncanny ability to seize the moment and to see beyond it." —Chicago Sun-Times"He argues the tranquil decencies of truth and compassion." —The Times (London)"Bellow seems more suited by temperament and ability than any writer of his generation to create for America 'the uncreated conscience' of modern man." —The New Republic"One of the finest short novels in the language, marvelously compact, dense, and alive." —The Guardian
language: English
title: Seize the Day
titlecomplete: Seize the Day
characters: Wilhelm Adler
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Nobel Prize, New York, American, Novella, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 12154
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books