A Philip Roth Reader.

Philip Roth.

ISBN 10: 0374231702 / ISBN 13: 9780374231705

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1980

About this Item

Full range of Roth's work arranged thematically in three parts. Selections from 8 novels and several short stories, including the revised and definitive version of The Breast, as well as the previously uncollected story Novotny's Pain. Introduction by critic and literary historian Martin Green. 483 pages, stated first printing. Jacket in wraps. A few small dogears at the bottom corner, else Fine. Roth, 1933-2018, was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his wit and irony as well as his non-heroes depicting contemporary Jewish identity. Goodbye, Columbus was his first book and won the National Book Award in 1959. He was one of the leading authors of his generation. Hardcover, red boards with white cloth spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Philip Roth Reader.
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374231702
• ISBN 13: 9780374231705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very Good.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket condition Fine.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Collections

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Synopsis

Selections from eight of Philip Roth's early novels.

About the Author

Philip Roth was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1933 and educated at Bucknell University and the University of Chicago. His first book, Goodbye, Columbus, won the US National Book Award 1960 and was made into a highly successful film. His other books include the international bestseller Portnoy's Complaint, The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, The Anatomy Lesson, The Prague Orgy, The Counterlife (winner of the 1987 National Book Critics' Circle Award), Deception and Patrimony. His latest book, Operation Shylock, is published by Jonathan Cape.