Why write? : collected nonfiction, 1960-2013 / Philip Roth.
Why write? : collected nonfiction, 1960-2013 / Philip Roth.
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New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2017]
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G 2017/6374
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
From Reading myself and others. "I always wanted you to admire my fasting," or, Looking at Kafka ; Writing American fiction ; New Jewish stereotypes ; Writing about Jews ; On Portnoy's complaint ; In response to those who have asked me : How did you come to write that book, anyway? ; Imagining Jews...
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2017]
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The Library of America edition.
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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"Throughout an unparalleled literary career that includes two National Book Awards (Goodbye, Columbus, 1959 and Sabbath's Theater, 1995), the Pulitzer Prize in fiction (American Pastoral, 1997), the National Book Critics Circle Award (The Counterlife, 1986), and the National Humanities Medal (awarded by President Obama in 2011), among many other ho...
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Why write? : collected nonfiction, 1960-2013 / Philip Roth.
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Collected nonfiction, 1960-2013
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The Library of America ; 300
Edition statement from book jacket back cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/6374
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74VKVGKyVbRb
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ISBN
1598535404 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781598535402 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
814.54
MMS ID
991024151739202626
