How does a novelist write about the facts of his life after spending years fictionalising those facts with irrepressible daring and originality?
What becomes of 'the facts' after they have been smelted down for art's sake? In The Facts - Philip Roth's idiosyncratic autobiography - we find out. Focusing on five episodes in his life, Roth gives a portrait of his secure city childhood in Newark, through to his first marriage, clashes with the Jewish establishment over Goodbye, Columbus and his writing of Portnoy's Complaint. In true Rothian style, his fictional self Nathan Zuckerman is allowed the final, coruscating word of reply.
| ISBN: | 9780099520962 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2007 |
| Author: | Philip Roth |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 195 pages |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
How does a novelist write about the facts of his life after spending years fictionalising those facts with irrepressible daring and originality?
What becomes of 'the facts' after they have been smelted down for art's sake? In The Facts - Philip Roth's idiosyncratic autobiography - we find out. Focusing on five episodes in his life, Roth gives a portrait of his secure city childhood in Newark, through to his first marriage, clashes with the Jewish establishment over Goodbye, Columbus and his writing of Portnoy's Complaint. In true Rothian style, his fictional self Nathan Zuckerman is allowed the final, coruscating word of reply.
The Facts features in the following genres: Autobiography: writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
The Facts is available in Paperback
The Facts was written by Philip Roth and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Facts has 195 pages
£15.29