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| Original Title: | Everyman |
| ISBN: | 0307277712 (ISBN13: 9780307277718) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New Jersey(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2007) |
Philip Roth
Paperback | Pages: 182 pages Rating: 3.59 | 16043 Users | 1616 Reviews
Mention Appertaining To Books Everyman
| Title | : | Everyman |
| Author | : | Philip Roth |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 182 pages |
| Published | : | April 10th 2007 by Vintage (first published May 9th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Literature. Novels. American |
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There is no more decorated American writer living today than Philip Roth, the New York Times best-selling author of American Pastoral, The Human Stain, and The Plot Against America. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and numerous other distinctions.The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.
Rating Appertaining To Books Everyman
Ratings: 3.59 From 16043 Users | 1616 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books Everyman
Old age isnt a battle, old age is a massacre. And so Roth takes us into the world of a man who has just crossed his three score and ten as he spirals down through a series of mounting breakdowns in the physical body until the inevitability of death envelopes him.Everyman (the protagonist has no name in this short novel) takes its title from a medieval play that's theme is the summoning of the living to death. Our Everyman is an average guy, an advertising man and a creative artist who has had aSad... and very moving!
It has now been about three years since Philip Roth, then 79, famously announced his retirement from fiction writing. In a look back over Roths careerspanning half a century and 30 booksEveryman (2006) might fade into the background, especially given the books novella length. But to overlook it would be a mistake: This is a near-perfect fable about the life we build through decades of small choices and the death that is always lying in wait, whether we feel ready or not.My full review is now
Yesterday I read Everyman. The novel's not long, maybe 180 small pages, and I wasn't doing anything exciting other than shopping at Costco and dodging a water balloon fight (despite my protestations of I'm not playing! I'm not playing!). The book intrigued me because 1) Mary, one of the local librarians, put it on her recommended shelf (I mean for real, in the library, not on GR), 2) at least two of my friends hated it, and 3) I needed something short because I finished a novel Saturday and had
This book was existential bourbon on the rocks. Philip Roth traces the life of a single, anonymous everyman, starting at his funeral and then, as if rewinding a videotape, bringing him back to life to reveal the mans lifelong health problems and big-brother envy, lustful escapades with a hot Danish model at the peak of his advertising career, and the heartbreaking loss of his one good marriage. In the end, we see a humble, resigned, observant, willing, stubborn, sad, mentally capable man still
"What I learned from this book": Philip Roth hates life but he also really really doesn't want to die. He's literati's crowned-king miserablist, saying "old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre." Especially for those who give up fighting. I've tried a few Roth books on the basis of his reputation, but remain mystified -- I think the awards people keep handing him trophies simply from muscle memory. The writing is drab, the characters one-note, and the dialogue often strained and silly
A very sad and thought provoking book.Really brilliantly told story and beautifully written. Really must read more of Philip Roth. This book is very short but very complete.
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