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Bellow Was So Jewish He Could Travel Any Distance Without Risking That Allegiance
His reputation will fall and rise with his people's.

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His reputation will fall and rise with his people's.

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The great theme of his work is resistance to spiritual constraint, the soul’s freedom as the highest value.

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Bellow's whole career as a writer was devoted to this dichotomy, sometimes veering toward one pole, sometimes toward the other, but never losing sight of both.

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The Jewish writer who became America’s most decorated novelist spent his early years prodding the nation’s soul. Then, sensing danger to it, he took up the role of guardian.
