PHILIP ROTH won the Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral. 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 in Fiction. He twice won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He won the PEN/Faulkner Award three times. In 2005 The Plot Against America received the Society of American Historians’ Prize for “the outstanding historical novel on an American theme for 2003–2004.” Roth received PEN’s two most prestigious awards: in 2006 the PEN/Nabokov Award and in 2007 the PEN/Bellow Award for achievement in American fiction. In 2011 he received the National Humanities Medal at the White House, and was later named the fourth recipient of the Man Booker International Prize. He died in 2018.
“In Indignation [Roth’s] power and intensity seem undiminished ...
Of all Roth's recent novels, it ventures farthest into the
unknowable. In his unshowy way, with all his quotidian
specificity and merciless skepticism, Roth is attempting to storm
heaven—an endeavor all the more desperately daring because he seems
dead certain it's not there.” —David Gates, The New York Times Book
Review
“A triumph.” —USA Today
“It is Roth's virtuoso skill to couple Marcus's companionable
pleasure in part-time butchering with his nightmare that the knives
he wields so dexterously will be used on himself.” —The Boston
Globe
“As always, the prose is well built—sinewy and graceful—and, as
always, the wit is as sharp as a German knife. There are simply no
novels by Roth in which you cannot detect the hand of a master.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine
“Terrific ... there's a lovely perplexedness to the writing here.”
—GQ
“He is a master. And the short form serves the story: The shocking
rush from this book comes from watching Roth expertly and quickly
build up to a half-dozen final pages that absolutely deliver the
kill.” —Entertainment Weekly
“The interplay between a life just begun and ended, impulse and
reflection, college high jinks and eternity is what makes it
resonate.” —People, 4 out of 4 stars
“Of how many writers can it be said that they're still producing
some of their best work well into their 70s? With [Indignation],
his 24th novel, Philip Roth proves beyond any dispute that he
deserves to be counted in that select group.” —BookPage
“Mr. Roth is a master magician who can make the same old rabbits do
new tricks.” —The New York Sun
“Mesmerizing ... Philip Roth’s intrepid novel of self-revelation
demands to be read in one sitting. It’s that good. It’s that
audacious. It’s that compelling.” —The Seattle Times
“Roth, blending the bawdy exuberance of his early period and the
disenchantment of his recent work, demonstrates with subtle
mastery, the 'incomprehensible way one's most banal, incidental,
even comical choices achieve the most disproportionate result'.”
—The New Yorker
“As sharply honed as one of those butcher-shop knives that haunt
Marcus's dreams ... Hard to forget.” —Newsweek
“A magnificent display of writerly talent: a lean, powerful novel
with bold characters who command attention, scenes of impressive
dramatic interest and comic vitality, language that blasts the
reader's cozy complacency ... and a theme that swells imperceptibly
from a murmur to a satisfying roar ... Read Indignation—read it
with a ear for the naked power of Philip Roth at full tilt.” —The
New York Observer
“Copies of Indignation, Philip Roth's ferocious little tale, ought
to be handed out on college campuses along with condoms and tetanus
shots ... Here's a novel to be witnessed as an explosion from an
author still angry enough to burn with adolescent rage and wise
enough to understand how self-destructive that rage can be.”
—Washington Post Book World
“Does anybody else writing prose today sustain a conversation with
the reader as beautifully as Roth, with his whirlwind of shouts,
whispers, riffs and exposition?.... Roth returns with ‘Indignation’
and Virtuosity.” —Oscar Villalon, Books We Like, NPR
“Indignation is a glorious act of chutzpah on the part of arguably
the most fearless American novelist working today.” —Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
“It's that final twist of the knife that makes the book so
powerful, and leaves you feeling unstrung when you put it down.”
—Bloomberg News
“Roth balances the darkness with sharp, comic irony ... In
Indignation, Roth has reached back to Newark to breath new life
into all the old obsessions.” —Associated Press
“Written in elegant, economical prose.... intensely
psychological.... utterly engrossing.” —Times Literary Supplement
(London)
“A late masterpiece.... Indignation is Philip Roth's best novel
since The Counterlife ... Intricately wrought, passionate and
fascinating.” —Financial Times (London)
Marcus Messner's father is so anxious about the well--being of his darling son that Marcus is compelled to flee 1950s Newark, NJ, and attend college in a place that seems truly foreign--Ohio. With a national laydown on September 16. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
"In Indignation [Roth's] power and intensity seem
undiminished ... Of all Roth's recent novels, it ventures farthest
into the unknowable. In his unshowy way, with all his quotidian
specificity and merciless skepticism, Roth is attempting to storm
heaven-an endeavor all the more desperately daring because he seems
dead certain it's not there." -David Gates, The New York
Times Book Review
"A triumph." -USA Today
"It is Roth's virtuoso skill to couple Marcus's companionable
pleasure in part-time butchering with his nightmare that the knives
he wields so dexterously will be used on himself." -The
Boston Globe
"As always, the prose is well built-sinewy and graceful-and, as
always, the wit is as sharp as a German knife. There are simply no
novels by Roth in which you cannot detect the hand of a master."
-O, The Oprah Magazine
"Terrific ... there's a lovely perplexedness to the writing here."
-GQ
"He is a master. And the short form serves the story: The shocking
rush from this book comes from watching Roth expertly and quickly
build up to a half-dozen final pages that absolutely deliver the
kill." -Entertainment Weekly
"The interplay between a life just begun and ended, impulse
and reflection, college high jinks and eternity is what makes it
resonate." -People, 4 out of 4 stars
"Of how many writers can it be said that they're still producing
some of their best work well into their 70s? With
[Indignation], his 24th novel, Philip Roth proves beyond any
dispute that he deserves to be counted in that select group."
-BookPage
"Mr. Roth is a master magician who can make the same old rabbits do
new tricks." -The New York Sun
"Mesmerizing ... Philip Roth's intrepid novel of self-revelation
demands to be read in one sitting. It's that good. It's that
audacious. It's that compelling." -The Seattle Times
"Roth, blending the bawdy exuberance of his early period
and the disenchantment of his recent work, demonstrates with subtle
mastery, the 'incomprehensible way one's most banal, incidental,
even comical choices achieve the most disproportionate result'."
-The New Yorker
"As sharply honed as one of those butcher-shop knives that
haunt Marcus's dreams ... Hard to forget." -Newsweek
"A magnificent display of writerly talent: a lean, powerful novel
with bold characters who command attention, scenes of impressive
dramatic interest and comic vitality, language that blasts the
reader's cozy complacency ... and a theme that swells imperceptibly
from a murmur to a satisfying roar ... Read Indignation-read it
with a ear for the naked power of Philip Roth at full tilt."
-The New York Observer
"Copies of Indignation, Philip Roth's ferocious little tale, ought
to be handed out on college campuses along with condoms and tetanus
shots ... Here's a novel to be witnessed as an explosion from an
author still angry enough to burn with adolescent rage and wise
enough to understand how self-destructive that rage can be."
-Washington Post Book World
"Does anybody else writing prose today sustain a
conversation with the reader as beautifully as Roth, with his
whirlwind of shouts, whispers, riffs and exposition?.... Roth
returns with 'Indignation' and Virtuosity." -Oscar Villalon, Books
We Like, NPR
"Indignation is a glorious act of chutzpah on the part of
arguably the most fearless American novelist working today." -Fort
Worth Star-Telegram
"It's that final twist of the knife that makes the book so
powerful, and leaves you feeling unstrung when you put it down."
-Bloomberg News
"Roth balances the darkness with sharp, comic irony ... In
Indignation, Roth has reached back to Newark to breath new life
into all the old obsessions." -Associated Press
"Written in elegant, economical prose.... intensely
psychological.... utterly engrossing." -Times Literary
Supplement (London)
"A late masterpiece.... Indignation is Philip Roth's best novel
since The Counterlife ... Intricately wrought, passionate and
fascinating." -Financial Times
(London)
Ask a Question About this Product More... |