Henderson the Rain King.

"Of course, in an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too": First Edition of Henderson the Rain King; Signed by Saul Bellow

Henderson the Rain King.

BELLOW, Saul.

Item Number: 4638

New York: Viking Press, 1959.

First edition of the author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.

Saul Bellow is the only author to have received three National Book Awards, for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler’s Planet, in addition to both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize. The Sunday Times praised these achievements when it revered "Bellow’s oeuvre [as] both timeless and ruthlessly contemporary." Henderson the Rain King was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century by Modern Library.

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