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The Dying Animal (2001) is a short novel by the US writer Philip Roth. It tells the story of senior literature professor David Kepesh, renowned for his literature-themed radio show. Kepesh is finally destroyed by his inability to comprehend emotional commitment.
- Philip Roth
- 2001
May 18, 2001 · Dying Animal” by Philip Roth is an emotionally charged and introspective novel. Through the eyes of the protagonist, David Kepesh, Roth explores the complexities of desire, aging, and human relationships.
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The Dying Animal is a virtuoso performance from Philip Roth, following Kapesh through the tumult of erotic lust and the search for freedom, shackled by a mortal human body.
Jul 12, 2001 · The Dying Animal is vintage Roth fiction, a masterpiece of passionate immediacy. It is intellectually bold, forcefully candid, wholly of our time, and utterly without precedent - a story of sexual discovery told about himself by a man of seventy.
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- Philip Roth
Mar 7, 2002 · The Dying Animal is a virtuoso performance from Philip Roth, following Kapesh through the tumult of erotic lust and the search for freedom, shackled by a mortal human body.
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Jul 9, 2002 · The Dying Animal. The unforgettable story of an affair between a star lecturer at a New York college and the beautiful daughter of Cuban exiles—and the...
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Dec 5, 2023 · In chronicling this descent, Philip Roth performs a breathtaking set of variations on the themes of eros and mortality, license and repression, selfishness and sacrifice. The Dying Animal is a burning coal of a book, filled with intellectual heat and not a little danger.
