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The Counterlife
Philip Roth · 1996 · 328 pages
In this novel, every major character is investigating, debating and arguing the possibility of remaking the future. Guiding us through all the landscapes, familiar and foreign, where these people are seeking self-transformation, is the mind of the novelist Nathan Zuckerman. His is the sceptical, enveloping intelligence that calculates the price that's paid in the struggle to change personal fortune and to reshape history.
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James Gunn
“RIP Philip Roth. This one hurts, both me and all of literature. He taught me when I was at Columbia and was a huge influence, impressing upon me the importance of writing through the hard times. I have many favorite books by Roth, but this is one of them.”↗
