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The humbling / Philip Roth.

By: 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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PS3568 .O855 G6 1993 Goodbye, Columbus and five short stories / PS3568 .O855 G7 1995 The great American novel / PS3568 .O855 H8 2001 The human stain / PS3568 .O855 H85 2010 The humbling / PS3568 .O855 I18 1999 I married a communist / PS3568 .O855 I53 2008 Indignation / PS3568 .O855 L4 1997 Letting go /

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.

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