The Actual: A Novella
Saul Bellow
Harry Trellman has now become "a first-class noticer." Sigmund
Adletsky finds that out when he invites Harry to one of his salons and
notices Trellman noticing all of Adletsky's "commonplace"
characters. Adletsky himself also points the way for Trellman to pick up
his life with Amy Wustrin, the woman he has loved since high school. Near
the story's climax, we find Trellman out in the middle of a Chicago
snowstorm in a cemetery, helping Amy to re-bury her ex-husband, and
finding a little self-redemption in the bargain.
This summary is courtesy of McNaughton Books