{"product_id":"the-professor-of-desire-philip-roth-9780063499898","title":"The Professor of Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ranks among the major achievements in the literature of our time.\" --\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thoughtful ... elegant novel.... A fine display of literary skills.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Roth's profound and often hilarious novel--the central book in Roth's Kepesh trilogy--about where we seek pleasure and why we flee it.\u003cbr\u003e​​​​​​​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a student in college, David Kepesh styles himself \"a rake among scholars, a scholar among rakes.\" Little does he realize how prophetic his motto will be--or how damning. For as Roth follows Kepesh from the domesticity of childhood into the vast wilderness of erotic possibility, from a ménage á trois in London to the throes of loneliness in New York, Kapesh confronts the central dilemma of pleasure: how to make a truce between dignity and desire; and how to survive the ordeal of an unhallowed existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063499894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063499898\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 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Philip Roth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874613244159,"sku":"9780063499898","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-professor-of-desire-philip-roth-9780063499898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}