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| Original Title: | The Anatomy Lesson |
| ISBN: | 0679749020 (ISBN13: 9780679749028) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Zuckerman Bound #3, Complete Nathan Zuckerman #3 |
| Characters: | Nathan Zuckerman, Milton Appel, Bobby Freytag, Diana Rutherford, Mr. Freytag, Ricky |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) Chicago, Illinois(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1983), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1984) |
Philip Roth
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.65 | 2641 Users | 180 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Anatomy Lesson (Zuckerman Bound #3) |
| Author | : | Philip Roth |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | January 30th 1996 by Vintage (first published November 1st 1983) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Literature. Novels. American |
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At forty, 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. Zuckerman, whose work was his life, is unable to write a line. Now his work is trekking from one doctor to another, but none can find a cause for the pain and nobody can assuage it. Zuckerman himself wonders if the pain can have been caused by his own books. And while he is wondering, his dependence on painkillers grows into an addiction to vodka, marijuana, and Percodan. The Anatomy Lesson is a great comedy of illness written in what the English critic Hermione Lee has described as "a manner at once...brash and thoughtful... lyrical and wry, which projects through comic expostulations and confessions...a knowing, humane authority." The third volume of the trilogy and epilogue Zuckerman Bound, The Anatomy Lesson provides some of the funniest scenes in all of Roth's fiction as well as some of the fiercest.Rating Regarding Books The Anatomy Lesson (Zuckerman Bound #3)
Ratings: 3.65 From 2641 Users | 180 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books The Anatomy Lesson (Zuckerman Bound #3)
This is the funniest of the Zuckerman Unbound tetrology and a fantastic read. Again, Nathan is living in the aftermath of the publication and scandal surrounding his book Carnovsky (Portnoy's Complaint in Roth's real life). He is in constant physical pain with 4, then 5, mistresses and decides to drop writing and go to medical school in Chicago. In Chicago, his female limo driver Ricky is treated to his impersonation of a literary rival who Nathan transforms into a pornographer. This is aAs always, Roth's prose is breathtaking, and engaging every step of the way. But I'm getting awfully tired of whiny-ass Zuckerman. It's amazing how Roth keeps finding new ways to weave innumerable handsome sentences out of what are essentially the same three or four of Zuckerman's problems. I found it amusing that Zuck's big goal is to escape the solipsistic life of the novelist, while this novelThe Anatomy Lessonis built entirely on a foundation of solipsism. Obviously Roth knows that, so I
Not Roth's best work but a prescient portrayal of pain medication addiction.
Not Roth's best work but a prescient portrayal of pain medication addiction.
I liked this but it was just too long. I enjoyed 'The Ghost Writer' and 'Zuckerman Unbound' because they were both short and easier to absorb. This one is twice the length and that is twice as long as I wanted to spend in the poisonous world of Nathan Zuckerman. About halfway through I stopped caring about Zuckerman: I wished he would just go and kill himself so I could be finished with the story. But on it goes for another 100 pages...As usual with Roth, he lightens things up with some comic
Philip Roth is a master of comedy.......his work is exceptional....very well written......bold and on your face.....!!! Absolutely brilliant.....!!!
Pain is like a baby crying. What it wants it can't name. Philip Roth, The Anatomy LessonThe Anatomy Lesson is book # 3 in the Zuckerman Bound trilogy. The first two being The Ghost Writer and Zuckerman Unbound. The Prague Orgy is also included often, as it is the epilogue (thus turning the trilogy into a tetralogy. Anyway, like all of the Zuckerman novels, Roth is brutal in his introspection. Zuckerman has bottled up his anger at his moralist critics and mental anguish at the death of his
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