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The Counterlife.
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt; owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust j
- ISBN 10
- 0374130264
- ISBN 13
- 9780374130268
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1987.. 1st Trade Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt; owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Light peach endpapers. Description: Dust jacket design by Milton Glaser. This is the fourth full-length novel to feature the character Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Roth's literary alter-ego. In 1987 Roth was awarded the National Book Critics Circle award for this book, which was also a finalist for the National Book Award.
Synopsis
The Counterlife (1986) is a novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the fourth full novel to feature the fictional novelist Nathan Zuckerman. However, when The Counterlife was published, Zuckerman had most recently appeared in a novella called The Prague Orgy, the epilogue to Zuckerman Bound. It is reported that French director Arnaud Desplechin is working on a screen adaptation of the novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068145
- Title
- The Counterlife.
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt; owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust j
- Edition
- 1st Trade Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374130264
- ISBN 13
- 9780374130268
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1987.
- Pages
- 324 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (9.25 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Oroville, California
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