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Patrimony

A True Story (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER)

A True Story (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER)

By Philip Roth

By Philip Roth

By Philip Roth

By Philip Roth

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Part of Vintage International

Part of Vintage International

Paperback $16.00

Jun 03, 1996 | ISBN 9780679752936

Ebook $12.99

Sep 21, 2022 | ISBN 9780593685037

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    About Patrimony

    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • “A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir” (San Francisco Chronicle) about a son watching his elderly father battle with the brain tumor that will kill him—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.

    Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—fights the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father’s long, stubborn engagement with life.

    About Patrimony

    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • “A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir” (San Francisco Chronicle) about a son watching his elderly father battle with the brain tumor that will kill him—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.

    Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—fights the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father’s long, stubborn engagement with life.

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    About Philip Roth

    PHILIP ROTH won the Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral in 1997. In 1998 he received the National Medal of Arts at the White House and in 2002 the highest award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal… More about Philip Roth

    About Philip Roth

    PHILIP ROTH won the Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral in 1997. In 1998 he received the National Medal of Arts at the White House and in 2002 the highest award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal… More about Philip Roth

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 03, 1996 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679752936

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 21, 2022 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780593685037

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    Praise

    “A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir…. It smacks of honesty and truthfulness on every page.” —San Francisco Chronicle

    “A deeply resonant portrait of a father and son…. Roth has looked past all comfort and condolence to find the truth—about himself and his father; about death and the fear of it; and about the absolute vulnerability to which love condemns us all.” —Chicago Tribune

    “In a cunningly straightforward way, Patrimony tells one of the central true stories many Americans share nowadays…. Such telling is a marvel of artful wit and vigor…. It is the triumphant art of the literal … the gloriously pragmatic, unpredictable genius of Philip Roth’s narrative gifts.” —The New York Times Book Review

    Awards

    National Book Critics Circle Awards WINNER

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