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Dying Animal

by Philip Roth

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

David Kepesh is an eminent cultural critic and star lecturer at a New York college-as well as an articulate propagandist of the sexual revolution. For years he has made a practice of sleeping with adventurous female students while maintaining an aesthete's critical distance. But now that distance has been annihilated.

When he becomes involved with Consuela Castillo, the humblingly beautiful daughter of Cuban exiles, Kepesh finds himself dragged helplessly, bitterly, furiously into the quagmire of sexual jealousy and loss. In chronicling this descent, Philip Roth performs a breathtaking set of variations on the themes of eros and mortality, license and repression, selfishness and sacrifice.

Review:

“Sorrowful, sexy, elegant . . .. A distinguished addition to Roth's increasingly remarkable literary career.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Review:

“Roth is a mesmerizing writer, whose very language has the vitality of a living organism.”

Los Angeles Times

Review:

“No one can come close to Roth's comic genius and breadth of moral imperative.”

The Boston Globe

Product Details

ISBN:
9780307454881
Subtitle:
Movie Tie-In Edition
Author:
Roth, Philip
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Teacher-student relationships
Subject:
Women college students
Subject:
College teachers
Subject:
New york (n.y.)
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Vintage Intl
Publication Date:
July 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8.01x5.26x.47 in. .37 lbs.

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