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Set in a Newark neighborhood during a terrifying polio outbreak, Nemesis is a wrenching examination of the forces of circumstance on our lives.
Bucky Cantor is a vigorous, dutiful twenty-three-year-old playground director during the summer of 1944. A javelin thrower and weightlifter, he is disappointed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. As the devastating disease begins to ravage Bucky's playground, Roth leads us through every inch of emotion such a pestilence can breed: fear, panic, anger, bewilderment, suffering, and pain. Moving between the streets of Newark and a pristine summer camp high in the Poconos, Nemesis tenderly and startlingly depicts Cantor's passage into personal disaster, the condition of childhood, and the painful effect that the wartime polio epidemic has on a closely-knit, family-oriented Newark community and its children.
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Condition: Muy bueno. : En el verano de 1944, mientras la Segunda Guerra Mundial se intensifica, una epidemia de polio aterroriza a la ciudad de Newark, Nueva Jersey. Bucky Cantor, un joven y atlético director de parques infantiles, se siente frustrado por no poder servir en la guerra debido a su mala vista. A medida que la enfermedad se propaga, Bucky se enfrenta a dilemas morales y personales, lidiando con el miedo, la responsabilidad y el impacto devastador en su comunidad. 'Nemesis' explora temas de destino, culpa y la fragilidad de la vida en tiempos de crisis. EAN: 9780307745415 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Nemesis Autor: Philip Roth Editorial: penguin Idioma: en Páginas: 288 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-05-16-a665eab4
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Softcover. Condition: As New. Focusing on Cantor's dilemmas as polio begins to ravage his playground - and on the everyday realities he faces - this title leads us through various emotions such a pestilence can breed: the fear, the panic, the anger, the bewilderment, the suffering, and the pain. Seller Inventory # 372f73d2-8610-4814-bfab-b3976a92bcdb
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