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Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, his charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father’s long, stubborn engagement with life. Philip Roth is hailed by many as the reigning king of American fiction. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, this memoir about love, survival, and memory is one of his most intimate books, but also one of his most intellectually vigorous. Patrimony is Roth’s elegy to his father, written with piercing observation and wit at the height of his literary prowess.
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
New York Times bestseller
A Literary Hub Pick of Powerful Books to Read on Father's Day
Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, his charm, and his
repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal,
and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father’s long, stubborn engagement with life.
Philip Roth is hailed by many as the reigning king of American fiction. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, this memoir about love, survival, and memory is one of his most intimate books, but also one of his most intellectually vigorous. Patrimony is Roth’s elegy to his father, written with piercing observation and wit at the height of his literary prowess.
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Mr. Roth delivers this somewhat short book with his very special way of writing; personal and honest. Here, the narrator has shared a most personal story of Philip’s elderly father’s last days, suffering from a brain tumor. Rather than sinking into sentimentality and nostalgia like many other writers would be prone to do, Mr. Roth gives a matter-of-fact picture of his relationship with his father and the poignant and heart retching memories of revelations and realizations he had heretofore perhaps not given much thought to. In Mr. Roth’s hands, such a story of father and son dealing with death is truly masterful. Memoirs can be self-important and narcissistic, but this gem is perfecting penned to avoid such traps. A highly recommended audio book for the discerning.
Author
Author Bio: Philip Roth
Philip Roth (1933–2018) was one of the most decorated writers in American history, having won the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, the PEN/Faulkner Award three times, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, and many more. He also won the Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union and in the same year received the National Medal of Arts at the White House. In 2001 he received the highest award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal in Fiction, given every six years “for the entire work of the recipient.”
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 5.71 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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