num_pages: 341
description: This multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero is the of Moses Herzog, a great sufferer, joker, moaner, and charmer. Although his life steadily disintegrates around him--he has failed as a writer and teacher, as a father, and has lost the affection of his wife to his best friend--Herzog sees himself as a survivor, both of his private disasters and those of the age. He writes unsent letters to friends and enemies, colleagues and famous people, revealing his wry perceptions of the world and the innermost secrets of his heart.
language: English
title: Herzog
titlecomplete: Herzog (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
characters: Moses Elkanah Herzog, June Herzog, Ramona (Herzog), Madeleine (Herzog), Miss Schwartz, Gersbach, Himmelstein, Harvey Simkin
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Fiction, Jewish
ratings_count: 21139
places: Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Premio Formentor de las Letras
category: International
publisher: Penguin Classics