num_pages: 128
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: Madge Heisinger, Sigmund Adletsky, Harry Trellman, Bodo Heisinger, Jay Wustrin, Amy Wustrin, Dame Siggy
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novella, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Jewish, Novels
ratings_count: 1598
places: Chicago, Illinois
publisher: Penguin