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Henderson the Rain King is a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow. The book's blend of philosophical discourse and comic adventure has helped make it one of his more popular works. The novel is said to be Bellow's favorite among his books.
6 déc. 2012 · December 6, 2012 issue. In an upstate New York diner, a teenager high on “reefer” tries to shoot a pen from his friend’s hand, and ends up putting a hole in a coffee urn, sending a stream of hot coffee sailing toward the window. In the library of a decaying old mansion, a middle-aged man shakes open his father’s books and watches dollar ...
28 avr. 2015 · When I read, reread, re-encounter “Henderson the Rain King,” I do so in a state of naked amazement and gratitude. It’s one of those books I can’t really consider in any sort of critical or ...
Henderson the Rain King or, as I like to think of it, Hunter S. Thompson's African Adventure is one of those rare books that I didn't want to end. I found it powerful, beautiful, and funny. Looking through some of the negative reviews, however, I find myself confused about people's approaches toward literature. for example:
Henderson the Rain King, seriocomic novel by Saul Bellow, published in 1959. The novel examines the midlife crisis of Eugene Henderson, an unhappy millionaire. The story concerns Henderson’s search for meaning. A larger-than-life 55-year-old who has accumulated money, position, and a large family,
Henderson the Rain King has become a respected entry in Bellow’s body of work, overcoming the unenthusiastic reception it received from the New York Times Book Review upon its release in 1959. “Saul Bellow is a talented and ambitious writer best known for his The Adventures of Augie March , which was published six years ago.
"Henderson the Rain King" contains three major elements: grotesque comedy, which hardly ever seems comic; fantasy and adventure in Central Africa, an Africa deliberately distorted so far from reality that one half expects to meet Tarzan and his faithful Waziri on any page, and a solemn quest for “the great principles of life”--for spiritual peace, happiness and communion with truth and deity.
