1995, ISBN: 9780395739822

[ED: Softcover], [PU: Houghton Mifflin Company], Advance Reading Copy. 15.5 x 23cm. 451 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. This is Roth in full sardonic, outrageous cry - a s… Mehr…

[ED: Softcover], [PU: Houghton Mifflin Company], Advance Reading Copy. 15.5 x 23cm. 451 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. This is Roth in full sardonic, outrageous cry - a sort of Portnoy for a later generation, gonads miraculously intact, but with an overlay of hard-won wisdom, celebration and regret. Mickey Sabbath is an elderly relic of the diabolical young puppeteer who was once arrested for coaxing a young Columbia student's breast out of her blouse with the sheer effrontery of his insinuating performing fingers. Now, living in obscure poverty in New Hampshire with a wife who's in aggressive recovery from the alcoholism to which he has driven her, he is reviewing his life - and continuing to act on his remarkable principles, which exemplify what one of his few remaining friends calls "a remarkable panegyric for obscenity." Not, one would think, a sympathetic subject, and at first Mickey's overwhelming misanthropy and obsessive eroticism make the reader uneasy. Soon, however, Roth's insidious skill at deeply involving the reader in a seemingly alien world begins to work its magic. Mickey's memories of the death of his cherished older brother in WWII and his growing up on the Jersey shore; a visit he pays to a centenarian uncle; and the way he picks out a grave in the ratty Jewish cemetery where his family is laid - these are passages that could only be the work of a master novelist, profoundly funny, poignant and human. By the time Mickey has said goodbye to Drenka, in one of the most moving - and perverse - deathbed scenes in literature, then been arrested by her policeman son for lovingly urinating on her grave, it is clear there is nothing Roth cannot accomplish - and somehow turn into a seriocomic affirmation. [From Publishers Weekly], IE, [SC: 15.00], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 1200000g], [PU: Boston / New York], Banküberweisung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<

1995, ISBN: 9780395739822

Houghton Mifflin (Trade). Prima edizione (Fir. Hardcover. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a worl… Mehr…

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1995, ISBN: 0395739829

[EAN: 9780395739822], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Houghton Mifflin], May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seat… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780395739822], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Houghton Mifflin], May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwills nonprofit mission!, Books<

1995, ISBN: 0395739829

[EAN: 9780395739822], Gebraucht, [PU: Houghton Mifflin], Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included., Books

1995, ISBN: 0395739829

[EAN: 9780395739822], Gebraucht, [PU: Houghton Mifflin], A visible cracked spine!! Some discolored/stained pages. Noticeable lower/upper bind dust jacket wear., Books