Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a monstrous cockroach, the narrator of Philip Roth's fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast.
What follows is a deliriously funny yet moving exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis; audacious, heretical - as darkly hilarious as it is existentially unnerving - making new the silliness, triviality and wonderful meaninglessness of lived human experience.
| ISBN: | 9780099477518 |
| Publication date: | 20th July 1995 |
| Author: | Philip Roth |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 78 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a monstrous cockroach, the narrator of Philip Roth's fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast.
What follows is a deliriously funny yet moving exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis; audacious, heretical - as darkly hilarious as it is existentially unnerving - making new the silliness, triviality and wonderful meaninglessness of lived human experience.
The Breast features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
The Breast is available in Paperback
The Breast was written by Philip Roth and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Breast has 78 pages
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