Philip Roth: Stung by Life (Book 74 of 80 - Jewish Lives series)
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press October 2025, 2025
Series: Book 74 of 80 - Jewish Lives
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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First Edition/ First Printing, complete number line. Some shelf wear with slightly bumped corners and light edgewear, but binding is tight and the pages are all clean with no markings. DJ is not price clipped and there is no remainder mark, however there is a small(1/4 inch) stain on the bottom of the textblock. Spine has a slight tilt.
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- Title
- Philip Roth: Stung by Life (Book 74 of 80 - Jewish Lives series)
- Author
- Steven J Zipperstein
- Publisher
- Yale University Press October 2025
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300251556
- ISBN 13
- 9780300251555
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Printing
- First Edition
- Series
- Book 74 of 80: Jewish Lives
- Seller catalogs
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In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933–2018), one of America’s most celebrated writers. Born in Newark, New Jersey—where his short stories and books were often set—Roth wrote with ambition and awareness of what was required to produce great literature. No writer was more dedicated to his craft, even as he was rubbing shoulders with the Kennedys and engaging in a spate of famous and infamous romances. And yet, as much as Roth wrote about sex and self, he viewed himself as socially withdrawn, living much like an “unchaste monk” (his words).
Zipperstein explores the unprecedented range of Roth’s work—from “Goodbye, Columbus” and Portnoy’s Complaint to the Pulitzer Prize–winning American Pastoral and The Plot Against America. Drawing on extensive archival materials and over one hundred interviews, including conversations with Roth about his life and work, Zipperstein provides an intimate and insightful look at one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers, placing his work in the context of his obsessions, as well as American Jewishness, freedom, and sexuality.
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