A Theft

A Theft

Infobox Book
name = A Theft


image_caption =
author = Saul Bellow
country = United States
language = English
genre = Novel
publisher = Penguin
release_date = March 1989
english_release_date =
media_type = Print Paperback
pages = 128 pp
isbn = ISBN 0140119698
preceded_by = More Die of Heartbreak
followed_by = The Bellarosa Connection

"A Theft" is a 1989 novel by the American author Saul Bellow. Bellow originally wanted to publish the book as a story or serial in a magazine such as "The New Yorker", but his agent had trouble selling it to any magazine. Bellow, instead, chose to publish it as a book, and it was his first book to be published in paperback form, which was something highly unusual for a book written by an erudite and respected author. Bellow himself said on the television show "Good Morning America" that the book had the quality of a hardcover book, but lacked the requisite number of pages and, hence, was published as a trade paperback.

Plot

Clara Velde is a successful fashion writer in New York City and the star of the story. The book's title refers to the disappearance of Clara's prized emerald ring. Clara associates the ring with her love for the Washington, D.C. politico Ithiel and with her own professional and personal power. The ring's apparent theft leads Clara into a series of psychological crises and forces her to confront a long-buried complex of interpersonal issues.


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