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The Factsis the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. Philip Roth concentrates on five episodes from his life: his secure city childhood in the thirties and forties; his education in American life at a conventional colle≥ his passionate entanglement, as an ambitious young man, with the angriest person he ever met (the "girl of my dreams" Roth calls her); his clash, as a fledgling writer, with a Jewish establishment outraged byGoodbye, Columbus; and his discovery, in the excesses of the sixties, of an unmined side to his talent that led him to writePortnoy's Complaint. The book concludes surprisingly—in true Rothian fashion—with a sustained assault by the novelistagainsthis proficiencies as an autobiographer. From the Trade Paperback edition.
| ISBN-13 | 9780517063255 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0517063255 |
| List Price | $3.99 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Publisher | Random House Value Publishing |
| Published On | 1991-01-30 |
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