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Philip Roth: Novels 1967-1972 (Library of America)
by Philip Roth

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ISBN13: 9781931082808
ISBN10: 1931082804
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

For the last half century, the novels of Philip Roth have re-energized American fiction and redefined its possibilities. Roth's comic genius, his imaginative daring, his courage in exploring uncomfortable truths, and his assaults on political, cultural, and sexual orthodoxies have made him one of the essential writers of our time. By special arrangement with the author, the Library of America now inaugurates the definitive edition of Roth's collected works. This second volume presents four extraordinarily diverse works displaying the range and originality of his fictional art.

When She Was Good (1967) is the trenchant portrait of Lucy Nelson, a young midwestern woman whose perception of her own suffering turns her into a ferocious force, "enemy-ridden and unforgivingly defiant," as Roth would later describe her. A small-town 1940s America of restrictive social pressures and foreclosed opportunities provides the novel's background.

The publication of the hilarious Portnoy's Complaint (1969) was a cultural event that turned Roth into a reluctant celebrity. The confession of a bewildered psychoanalytic patient thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality yet held back by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood, Portnoy unleashed Roth's comic virtuosity and opened new avenues for American fiction.

In Our Gang (1971), described by Anthony Burgess as a "brilliant satire in the real Swift tradition," Roth effects a savage takedown of the administration of Richard Nixon (who figures here as Trick E. Dixon). Written before the revelations of the Watergate scandal, Our Gang continues to resonate as a broad and outraged response to the clownish hypocrisy and moral theatrics of the American political scene.

The Kafkaesque excursion The Breast (1972) introduces David Kepesh in the first volume of a trilogy that continues with The Professor of Desire (1977) and The Dying Animal (2001). The Breast prompted Cynthia Ozick to remark, "One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture."

Synopsis:

Volume 2 in what will be the definitive 8-volume collector's edition of Philip Roth's fiction includes Portnoy's Complaint, Our Gang, When She Was Good, and The Breast.
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About the Author

Ross Miller, editor, is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut and has taught at Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity College. His criticism has appeared in scholarly journals, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago and Here's the Deal: The Buying and Selling of a Great American City.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781931082808
Subtitle:
Novels 1967-1972
Editor:
Miller, Ross
Editor:
Miller, Ross
Author:
Roth, Philip
Author:
Miller, Ross
Publisher:
Library of America
Subject:
General
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
American - General
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
Library of America
Series Volume:
158
Publication Date:
August 18, 2005
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
672
Dimensions:
8.24x5.30x1.17 in. 1.30 lbs.
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