{"product_id":"sabbaths-theater-a-novel-isbn-9780063499331","title":"Sabbath’s Theater: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Roth at the peak of his powers, \u003ci\u003eSabbath's Theater\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath an aging, raging powerhouse of a gargantuan hero.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt sixty-four Mickey Sabbath is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. \u003ci\u003eSabbath's Theater\u003c\/i\u003e tells Mickey's story in the wake of the death of his mistress, an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring exceeds even his own. Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Mickey is now besieged by ghosts—of his mother, his beloved brother, his vanished first wife, his mistress of thirteen years. Bereft and grieving, he embarks on a turbulent journey back into his past, one that brings him to the brink of madness and extinction. But no matter how ardently he courts death, he is too exuberantly alive to succeed at dying.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A great work … Roth’s richest, most rewarding novel … funny and profound … as powerful as writing can be.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This splendidly wicked book … is among the most remarkable novels in recent years…. The energy of the book is amazing…. Roth is hilariously serious about life and death.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Roth’s extraordinary new novel is an astonishment and a scourge, and one of the strangest achievements of fictional prose that I have ever read…. It is very exquisite.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A work of near heroic vitality and cunning.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For me, the book of the year—maybe the decade-is Sabbath’s Theater…funny…moving, imaginative, deep…A masterpiece.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588038078693,"sku":"NP9780063499331","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sabbaths-theater-a-novel-isbn-9780063499331","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}