{"product_id":"the-breast-philip-roth-9780063499980","title":"The Breast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Terrific...inventive and sane and very funny. The trick which is the heart of the book is brilliant...and rich with meaning.\" --\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious, serious, visionary, logical, sexual-philosophical; the ending amazes.\" --Cynthia Ozick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Philip Roth's brilliant take on \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed--into a 155-pound breast.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Philip Roth's richly conceived fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis--a daring heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063499983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063499980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Philip Roth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874613211391,"sku":"9780063499980","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-breast-philip-roth-9780063499980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}