{"product_id":"the-anatomy-lesson-philip-roth-9780679749028","title":"The Anatomy Lesson","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e--and one of the most renowned writers of the twentieth century--\"a ferocious, heartfelt book\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) featuring Nathan Zuckerman whose life is about to unravel when he comes down with a mysterious affliction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Roth has a genius for the comedy of entrapment.... [He] writes America's most raucously funny novels.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt forty, the writer Nathan Zuckerman comes down with a terrible pain, beginning in his neck and shoulders, invading his torso, and taking possession of his spirit. Zuckerman, whose work was his life, is unable to write a line. Now his work is trekking from one doctor to another, but none can find a cause for the pain and nobody can assuage it. Zuckerman himself wonders if the pain can have been caused by his own books. And while he is wondering, his dependence on painkillers grows into an addiction to vodka, marijuana, and Percodan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e is a great comedy of illness written in what the English critic Hermione Lee has described as \"a manner at once ... brash and thoughtful ... lyrical and wry, which projects through comic expostulations and confessions...a knowing, humane authority.\" The third volume of the trilogy and epilogue Zuckerman Bound, \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e provides some of the funniest scenes in all of Roth's fiction as well as some of the fiercest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679749020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679749028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.03w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/10\/1996 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 80","brand":"Philip Roth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992274239743,"sku":"9780679749028","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ac67e70-0021-4f34-83ac-3c8bf1322b75.jpg?v=1683315091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-anatomy-lesson-philip-roth-9780679749028","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}