The Humbling

by PHILIP ROTH

2020-11-24 09:21:01

Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth''s startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His confidence in his powe... Read more
Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth''s startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His confidence in his powers has drained away; he imagines people laughing at him; he can no longer pretend to be someone else. "Something fundamental has vanished." Into this shattering account of inexplicable and terrifying self-evaluation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire, a consolation for the bereft life so risky and aberrant that it points not toward comfort and gratification but to a yet darker and more shocking end.


 

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File size8 X 5.22 X 0.43 in
Print pages152
PublisherPenguin Canada
Publication date October 12, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780143171713
Author
Philip Roth(19 March 1933 – 22,May 2018) In 1959, Roth published Goodbye, Columbus – a collection of stories, and a novella – for which he received the National Book Award. Ten years later, the ...

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