| Indignation Contributor(s): Roth, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307388913 ISBN-13: 9780307388919 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Indignation, Philip Roth's twenty-ninth book, is a powerful exploration of a remarkable moment in American history. It is a novel that highlights his masterful ability to re-create a time and a place and to populate it with unforgettable characters, as he has done in "American Pastoral," "The Plot Against America," and "The Human Stain." In 1951, the second year of the Korean War, a studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, begins his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio'sWinesburg College. He is here seeking refuge from his father, a sturdy, hardworking neighborhood butcher, who seems to have gone mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees in every corner for his beloved boy. Far from Newark, Marcus has to find his way around the customs and constrictions of another American world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009024903 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.26" W x 7.98" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: National Bestseller. Now a major motion picture, directed by James Schamus In 1951, the second year of the Korean War, a studious, law-abiding, and intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, begins his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworking neighborhood butcher, seems to have gone mad- mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees in every corner for his beloved boy. Far from Newark, Marcus has to find his way amid the customs and constrictions of another American world. Indignation, Philip Roth's twenty-ninth book, is a startling departure from the haunted narratives of old age and experience in Roth's recent books and a powerful exploration of a remarkable moment in American history. |