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Jan 1, 1986 · 1. Pub Date: Jan. 1, 1986. ISBN: 0679749047. Page Count: 324. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Review Posted Online: Oct. 4, 2011. Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1986. Categories: LITERARY FICTION. Share your opinion of this book. BOOK REVIEW. NEMESIS. by Philip Roth. BOOK REVIEW. THE HUMBLING. by Philip Roth. BOOK REVIEW. INDIGNATION.
Apr 4, 2024 · The Counterlife is an extraordinarily well-defended novel. It out-thinks and second-guesses you all the time. (...) There are more rich folds and cunning corners in this stunning novel, which perhaps sounds more schematic and less ‘lifed’ in summary than it is to read (.....)
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Jan 21, 2011 · Review. The Counterlife. by Philip Roth. THE COUNTERLIFE may be Philip Roth's most imaginative work of. fiction. It is certainly his most original. It speaks of the. different paths that a life can take, of the motivations behind the. choices that individuals make, and of the repercussions of those. choices.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Counterlife. Philip Roth. 3.92. 5,174 ratings413 reviews. The Counterlife is about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so far as to risk their lives to alter seemingly irreversible destinies.
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“The Counterlife provides several alternative perspectives. The novel’s conflicting points of view take you out of your comfort zone, to use the cliché. As I developed in my account of Roth, there is a counterlife to the public Phillip Roth, and it’s often driven by anger.” Read more... The Best Philip Roth Books. Ira Nadel, Biographer
4.1 out of 5. 452 global ratings. The Counterlife. by Philip Roth. Write a review. How customer reviews and ratings work. Top positive review. Positive reviews ›. J. Grattan. VINE VOICE. An intelligent human being: a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding. Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2011.
Oct 12, 2008 · The Counterlife. by Philip Roth (1986) Vintage (1996) 336 pp. After I read American Pastoral I realized that if I planned on reading all of Roth’s “Zuckerman” books in order, I’d already failed, having skipped The Counterlife . Oh well. It actually doesn’t throw anything off at all.
