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Henderson the Rain King and its characters were an inspiration in the song's writing. [citation needed] One passage in the novel inspired Joni Mitchell to write the song "Both Sides, Now" in 1967. Henderson the Rain King was mentioned as the favorite book of the character Ally McBeal in season 1, episode 3 of Ally McBeal, titled "The Kiss".
- Saul Bellow
- 341
- 1959
- February 23, 1959
28. Apr. 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, 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 is a quest as complicated as any Haruki Murakami tale, but the protagonist is a bloated, bungling American—a man with “the Midas touch in reverse.” In Africa, his first stop is a village of people whose beloved cattle are dying of thirst because the water reserve is occupied by frogs. On one hand, Henderson wants to rescue everybody; on the other, he longs to be ...
"Henderson the Rain King - Summary." Critical Survey of Literature for Students, edited by Laurence W. Mazzeno, eNotes.com, Inc., 2010 ...
6. Dez. 2012 · On Bellow’s ‘Henderson the Rain King’. Adam Kirsch. 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 ...
23. Okt. 2003 · Henderson the Rain King (1959), undoubtedly Bellow’s most loved book, offers his most trenchant and comic analysis of literary modernism. Unfortunately it also enacts all of the racial ideologies of the colonial archive. Through its parody and satire, Bellow renders laughable many of Modernism’s philosophical banalities. Eugene Henderson ...
