Seize the Day

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• In Saul Bellow's title novella, Tommy Wilhelm, at 42, is in the midst of what seems to be a serious decline. He is separated from his wife and family, estranged from his father, unemployed, and broke. Over the course of one day, Tommy reviews the shape of his past and attempts to plot the course of his future--and has a valuable moment of insight when he aimlessly drifts into the funeral of a man he doesn't know. SEIZE THE DAY is a bleak, compassionate tale, widely considered one of Bellow's best novels. Accompanying it are three short stories and a one-act play.
• This novel is a portrait of one day in the life of Tommy Wilhelm, a man on the brink of despair. He is a man who has lost his wife, his children, all his money, the respect of his father, and is on the point of losing the support of the one woman whose love could help save him.