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Preceded by. The Humbling. Nemesis is a novel by Philip Roth published on October 5, 2010, by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is Roth's 31st book, "a work of fiction set in the summer of 1944 that tells of a polio epidemic and its effects on a closely knit Newark community and its children." [1]
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Apr 3, 2020 · April 3, 2020. Philip Roth’s novel “Nemesis,” set in a fictionalized Newark, New Jersey, in 1944, brings back the fear of polio. Photograph by George Konig / Getty. Philip Roth’s last...
Oct 5, 2010 · Philip Roth. 3.85. 16,487 ratings1,748 reviews. In the “stifling heat of equatorial Newark,” a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, lifelong disability, and even death. This is the startling theme of Philip Roth’s wrenching new a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of ...
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Oct 2, 2010 · Nemesis by Philip Roth. This riveting tale of a polio outbreak in wartime New Jersey is vintage Roth. B efore we get into this I should probably say that it's my belief that Philip...
Nemesis study guide contains a biography of Philip Roth, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.
Oct 8, 2010 · His newest, “Nemesis,” stands out for its warmth. It is suffused with precise and painful tenderness. Set mostly in 1944 Newark, it tells the story of Bucky Cantor, at 23 a freshly minted phys ed...
Oct 14, 2010 · Roth, who has been writing novels for more than a half-century, explains how he comes up with his ideas — and why he continues to write every day. In his latest work, Nemesis, he imagines a ...
