The Resource The humbling, Philip Roth
The humbling, Philip Roth
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The item The humbling, Philip Roth represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth's startling new book. A leading American actor of his generation, Simon has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. When he goes on stage he feels like a lunatic. His confidence has drained away; he imagines people laughing at him. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, and his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Into this shattering account of terrifying self-evacuation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire, a consolation so risky and aberrant that it points toward a darker and more shocking end. In this long day's journey into night, told with Roth's inimitable urgency, bravura, and gravity, all the ways that we persuade ourselves of our solidity, all our life's performances, talent, love, sex, hope, energy, reputation, are stripped off
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 156 p. (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781602856318
- Label
- The humbling
- Title
- The humbling
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip Roth
- Subject
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- trueActors and actresses
- trueLiterary fiction
- Large print books
- trueSexuality
- trueMen/women relations
- trueSenior men
- Psychological fiction.
- trueInterpersonal attraction
- trueSuicidal behavior
- trueMay-December romance
- trueJealousy
- Actors -- Fiction
- trueThree-way sex
- trueErotic fiction
- trueDesire
- truePsychological fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueJilted men
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth's startling new book. A leading American actor of his generation, Simon has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. When he goes on stage he feels like a lunatic. His confidence has drained away; he imagines people laughing at him. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, and his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Into this shattering account of terrifying self-evacuation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire, a consolation so risky and aberrant that it points toward a darker and more shocking end. In this long day's journey into night, told with Roth's inimitable urgency, bravura, and gravity, all the ways that we persuade ourselves of our solidity, all our life's performances, talent, love, sex, hope, energy, reputation, are stripped off
- Summary
- Presents the story of Simon Axler--an actor in his sixties who has lost his wife, his audience, and confidence in his talent--whose risky and aberrant desire points toward a dark and shocking end
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2009.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 327955
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roth, Philip
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Psychological fiction
- Actors
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The humbling, Philip Roth
- Control code
- 000044496688
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 156 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781602856318
- Isbn Type
- (library binding : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009029145
- System control number
- (OCoLC)503443743
- Label
- The humbling, Philip Roth
- Control code
- 000044496688
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 156 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781602856318
- Isbn Type
- (library binding : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009029145
- System control number
- (OCoLC)503443743
Subject
- Actors -- Fiction
- trueActors and actresses
- trueDesire
- trueErotic fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueInterpersonal attraction
- trueJealousy
- trueJilted men
- Large print books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMay-December romance
- trueMen/women relations
- truePsychological fiction
- Psychological fiction.
- trueSenior men
- trueSexuality
- trueSuicidal behavior
- trueThree-way sex
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