Novels, 1993-1995 /

Novels, 1993-1995 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Roth, Philip.
Uniform title:	Novels. Selections
Imprint:	New York : Library of America, c2010.
Description:	842 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Library of America ; 205 Library of America ; 205.
Subject:	Impostors and imposture -- Fiction. Middle-aged men -- Fiction. Sex addicts -- Fiction. Impostors and imposture. Middle-aged men. Sex addicts. Israel -- Fiction. Israel. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8140515

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ISBN:	9781598530780 (acid-free paper) 159853078X (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 804-842).
Summary:	This sixth volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works gathers two novels that marked the beginning of a decade-long creative explosion--one remarkable in an older writer and one heralded by critics as unparalleled in American literary history. In the fiendishly imaginative Operation Shylock, Philip Roth encounters a look-alike who claims Roth's identity and who tours Israel promoting a bizarre reverse exodus of the Jews--a look-alike whose proselytizing in his name the authentic Roth is intent on stopping, even if that means impersonating his own impersonator. "This splendidly wicked book" is how the critic Frank Kermode described Sabbath's Theater (1995), Roth's comic creation of epic proportions, whose gargantuan hero, Mickey Sabbath, grieving the loss of his unsurpassable mistress, embarks on a turbulent journey into his past besieged by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him most. --notes by editor Ross Miller.

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Summary:	The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works continues with two novels that heralded the beginning of a more than decade-long creative explosion-one remarkable in an older writer and hailed by critics as unparalleled in American literary history. In the diabolically imaginative Operation Shylock (1993), a character named Philip Roth encounters a look-alike who claims Roth's identity and who tours Israel promoting a bizarre reverse exodus of the Jews-proselytizing the "real" Roth is intent on stopping, even if it means impersonating his impersonator.<br> "This splendidly wicked book" is how the critic Frank Kermode described Sabbath's Theater (1995), a comic masterpiece of epic proportions whose gargantuan hero, Mickey Sabbath, grieving the loss of his unsurpassable mistress, embarks on a turbulent journey into his past besieged by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him most.<br> <br> LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Physical Description:	842 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 804-842).
ISBN:	9781598530780 159853078X