Promiscuous: "portnoy's Complaint" and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Bernard AvishaiTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Ethnic Orientation/JewishPublish date:3/19/2013Pages:240
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300192414ISBN-10:030019241XUPC:9780300192414Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, Jewish, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.272Product ID:SCNVCR01YK
In this exuberant assessment of Philip Roth's notorious novel and its legacy, the author discusses why Portnoy's Complaint sparked such outrage, how it affected Roth's subsequent work, and why the book stands as a masterpiece of 20th-century fic
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300192414ISBN-10:030019241XUPC:9780300192414Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, Jewish, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.272Product ID:SCNVCR01YK
Bernard Avishai is adjunct professor of business at Hebrew University and author of three books, most recently, The Hebrew Republic, and dozens of articles for The New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Harper's, Harvard Business Review, and other publications. He divides his time between Jerusalem and Wilmot, NH.
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