{"product_id":"the-professor-of-desire-philip-roth-9780679749004","title":"The Professor of Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e--\"a thoughtful...elegant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and often hilarous novel about the dilemma of pleasure: where we seek it; why we flee it; and how we struggle to make a truce between dignity and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a student in college, David Kepesh styles himself \"a rake among scholars, a scholar among rakes.\" Little does he realize how prophetic this motto will be--or how damning. For as Philip Roth follows Kepesh from the domesticity of childhood into the vast wilderness of erotic possibility, from a ménage à trois in London to the throes of loneliness in New York, he creates a novel that \"ranks among the major achievements in the literature of our time\" (\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679749004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679749004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1994 pg. 172","brand":"Philip Roth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994125238527,"sku":"9780679749004","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_161e907b-77ec-4077-b35b-92a153955031.jpg?v=1683328274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-professor-of-desire-philip-roth-9780679749004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}