The humbling / Philip Roth.

By:

Roth, Philip

Publication details: New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, 2010.Edition: 1st Vintage International edDescription: 140 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780307472588 (pbk.)
0307472582 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

813/.54 22

LOC classification:

PS3568.O855 H85 2010

Summary: What happens when all the ways that we convince ourselves of our solidity, all our life's performances are stripped off? Simon Axler, one of the leading American stage actors of his generation, is about to find out. Now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Consumed by an erotic desire, he plunges into a darker and more shocking end.

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Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	PS3568 .O855 H85 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001431187

Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

What happens when all the ways that we convince ourselves of our solidity, all our life's performances are stripped off? Simon Axler, one of the leading American stage actors of his generation, is about to find out. Now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Consumed by an erotic desire, he plunges into a darker and more shocking end.