Small Planets: Saul Bellow and the Art of Short Fiction

Cronin (English, Brigham Young U.) and Bach (American Studies, U. of Bremen) collect 27 papers focusing on the short fiction of writer Bellow. The papers have been collected from various quarterlies and literary journals and examine such topics as the theme of discontinuity in Bellow's fiction, degrees of comic irony in A Theft and The Bellarosa Connection , and the Holocaust and Jewish-American culture in The Bellarosa Connection . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)