The Professor of Desire

Roth, Philip

ISBN 10: 0374237565 / ISBN 13: 9780374237561

Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977, 1977

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First edition. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Fine in a near fine dj.

Seller Inventory # 1474

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Professor of Desire
• Publisher: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374237565
• ISBN 13: 9780374237561
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

A chronicle of the passion and desire of David Kepesh and of his endeavors, from adolescent accession to middle-aged ebb, to realize and sustain, with dignity, erotic happiness and domestic security

From the Back Cover

"Ranks among the major achievements in the literature of our time." —Village Voice

"No one writing can juggle the somber and the ludicrous more adroitly than Roth." —Time

"Philip Roth is a great historian of modern eroticism.... [He] speaks of a sexuality that questions itself; it is still hedonism, but it is problematic, wounded, ironic hedonism. His is the uncommon union of confession and irony. Infinitely vulnerable in his sincerity and infinitely elusive in his irony." —Milan Kundera

"A thoughtful...elegant novel.... A fine display of literary skills." —The New York Times Book Review