num_pages: 487
description: For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine, a young man inflamed with a love for literature, were the best of friends. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlie's life has reached a low point: his career is at a standstill, and he's enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with a highly unsuitable young woman and involved with a neurotic mafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around.
language: English
title: Humboldt's Gift
titlecomplete: Humboldt's Gift
characters: Renata Koffritz, Demmie Vonghel, Rinaldo Cantabile, Von Humboldt Fleisher, Denise Citrine, Pierre Thaxter, Charlie Citrine
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 9293
places: Chicago, Illinois, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books