Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books (Pierpont Claudia Roth)(Paperback)

Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books (Pierpont Claudia Roth)(Paperback)

A critical evaluation of Philip Roth--the first of its kind--that takes on the man, the myth, and the work Philip Roth is one of the most renowned writers of our time. From his debut, Goodbye, Columbus, which won the National Book Award in 1960, and the explosion of Portnoy's Complaint in 1969 to

I Married a Communist (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Philip Roth turns his gaze on 30s and 40s America in this magnificent successor to American Pastoral.Ira Ringold is an American roughneck who transforms himself from a ditch-digger in 1930s New Jersey, to a radio hotshot in the 1940s. In his heyday as a star –

Zuckerman Unbound (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Ghost Writer (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

When talented young writer Nathan Zuckerman makes his pilgrimage to sit at the feet of his hero, the reclusive master of American Literature,

Philip Roth: Why Write? (Loa #300): Collected Nonfiction 1960-2014 (Roth Philip)(Pevná vazba)

America's most celebrated writer returns with a definitive edition of his essential statements on literature, his controversial novels, and the writing life, including including six pieces published here for the first time and many others newly revised. Throughout a unparalleled literary career

Philip Roth: The Biography (Bailey Blake)(Paperback)

'I don't want you to rehabilitate me,' Philip Roth said to his only authorized biographer, Blake Bailey. 'Just make me interesting.' Granted complete independence and access, Bailey spent almost ten years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and

Anatomy Lesson (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

With his fortieth birthday receding into the distance, along with his hairline and his most successful novel, the writer Nathan Zuckerman comes down with a mysterious affliction - pure pain, beginning in his neck and shoulders, invading his torso, and taking possession of his spirit. What will it

Weights and Measures (Roth Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Exit Ghost (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Returning to his hometown to find that all has changed, Nathan Zuckerman - incontinent and impotent - comes back to New York, the city he left eleven years before. Walking the streets he quickly makes several connections that explode his carefully protected solitude. In a rash moment, he offers to

Prague Orgy (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

In quest of the unpublished manuscript of a martyred Yiddish writer, the American novelist Nathan Zuckerman travels to Soviet-occupied Prague in the mid-1970s. There, in a nation straightjacketed by totalitarian Communism, he discovers a literary predicament, marked by institutionalised oppression,

End and Other Beginnings - Stories from the Future (Roth Veronica)(Paperback)

Bestselling Divergent and Carve the Mark author Veronica Roth delivers a stunning collection of novella-length stories set in the future, illustrated with startling black-and-white artwork.No world is like the other. Within this masterful collection, each setting is more strange and wonderful than

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future (Roth Veronica)(Paperback)

Bestselling Divergent and Carve the Mark author Veronica Roth delivers a stunning collection of novella-length stories set in the future, illustrated with startling black-and-white artwork--now available in paperback No world is like the other. Within this masterful collection, each setting is more

Patrimony - A True Story (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Patrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son. Philip Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father, famous for his vigour, his charm and his skill as a raconteur - lovingly called 'the Bard of Newark' - battles with the brain tumour that will kill

I Married a Communist (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

In his heyday as a star - and as a zealous, bullying supporter of 'progressive' political causes - Ira marries Hollywood's beloved leading lady, Eve Frame. This book charts the rise and fall of Ira Ringold, an American roughneck who begins life as a ditchdigger in 1930s New Jersey, becoming a

Radetzky March (Roth Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Grandfather, son and grandson are equally dependent on the empire: the first for his enoblement; the second for the civil virtues that make him a meticulous servant of an administration whose failure he can neither comprehend nor survive; the third for the family standards of conduct which he

This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide to Mind, Body, and Soul (Roth Geneen)(Paperback)

Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take the journey to find one's own best self in this 'beautiful, funny, deeply relevant' (Glennon Doyle) collection of personal reflections.With an introduction by Anne Lamott, This Messy Magnificent Life is

Humbling (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Simon Axler is one of America's leading classical stage actors, but his talent - his magic - has deserted him. It is only when he begins an affair with Pegeen - formerly a lesbian of 17 years - that Axler's regeneration (and then his final catastrophe) can

Fine Meshwork: Philip Roth, Edna O'Brien, and Jewish-Irish Literature (O'Brien Dan)(Paperback)

In a 1984 interview with longtime friend Edna O'Brien, Philip Roth describes her writing as a piece of fine meshwork, a net of perfectly observed sensuous details that enables you to contain all the longing and pain and remorse that surge through the fiction. The phrase fine meshwork can apply not

Veronica Roth - Author of the Divergent Trilogy (Mortensen Lori)(Paperback / softback)

Readers will learn about the life and works of Veronica Roth. This young adult author's life leading up to her success as the best-selling author of the Divergent trilogy is discussed. Readers will also learn about the author's writing process and what inspires her to

Cote d'Azur - The Finest Valley and Mountain Walks - ROTH.E4817 (Anker Daniel)(Paperback)

Call it Sleep (Roth Henry)(Paperback / softback)

David Schearl arrives in New York in his mother's arms to begin his new life as an immigrant. David is hated by his father, but is fiercely loved and protected by his Yiddish-speaking mother. This novel interweaves the love between a mother and son with the terrors and anxieties David experiences,

Divergent (Roth Veronica)(Paperback)

This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and

Our Gang - Starring Trick and His Friends (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an acerbic response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E Dixon, the author portrays an American president who outdoes the severest cynic; a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and

Separate Roads to Feminism: Black, Chicana, and White Feminist Movements in America's Second Wave (Roth Benita)(Paperback)