{"product_id":"philip-roth-steven-j-zipperstein-9780300251555","title":"Philip Roth: Stung by Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revealing biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip Roth (1933-2018) is one of the most celebrated American writers of his age. Born in Newark, New Jersey--where his short stories and thirty-one books were often set--he wrote with immense ambition and drive, along with a keen awareness of what must be done to produce great literature. Yet despite rubbing shoulders with the Kennedys and engaging in a spate of famous and infamous romances, he viewed himself as socially withdrawn, living much like an \"unchaste monk\" (his words). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this original and lucid biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures Roth's complex life and the astonishing range of his self-reflective writings--from \"Goodbye, Columbus\" and \u003ci\u003ePortnoy's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e to the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Plot Against America\u003c\/i\u003e. Employing extensive archival research and well over one hundred interviews, including conversations with Roth himself, Zipperstein provides an intimate and probing look at one of the twentieth century's most influential authors, placing his work in the context of Jewishness, freedom, and sexuality in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven J. Zipperstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300251556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300251555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Steven J. Zipperstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46880905887999,"sku":"9780300251555","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a47b9c34-0685-4a82-a9a1-d3d8296bd6c1.jpg?v=1747970078","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philip-roth-steven-j-zipperstein-9780300251555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}