Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
The Humbling

The Humbling

Paperback Published on: 06/10/2016
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The Humbling
The Humbling
Reclusive, introverted author Philip Roth is reclusive, extroverted sexagenarian actor Simon Axler in The Humbling, the latest book from the elder statesma... READ MORE
Erin Britton

Synopsis

Simon Axler is one of America's leading classical stage actors, but his talent - his magic - has deserted him. All the spontaneity and unthinking impulsiveness that made him great has been replaced by a paralysing self-consciousness. Overwhelmed, Axler's wife promptly leaves him, and Axler checks into a psychiatric hospital. It is only when he begins an affair with Pegeen - formerly a lesbian of 17 years - that Axler's regeneration (and then his final catastrophe) can begin.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780099535652
  • Number of pages: 160
  • Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 10 mm
  • Weight: 118g
  • Languages: English

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All the world's a stage...
There was controversy when Roth won the Man Booker International Prize in 2011, with one of the judges saying she didn't "rate him as a writer at all". Hav... READ MORE
D J Smith