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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The first full-length novel from one of the most renowned writers of the twentieth century, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of American Pastoral, tells the story of a mid-century America and offers further proof of Mr. Roth's astonishing talent. Letting Go seethes with life (The New York Times). Published when Roth was twenty-nine and set in Chicago, New York, and Iowa city, Letting Go presents as brilliant a fictional portrait as we have of America in the 1950s defined by social and ethical constraints and by moral compulsions conspicuously different from those of today. Newly discharged from the Korean War army, reeling from his mother's recent death, freed from old attachments and hungrily seeking others, Gabe Wallach is drawn to Paul Herz, a fellow graduate student in literature, and to Libby, Paul's moody, intense wife. Gabe's desire to be connected to the ordered "world of feeling" that he finds in books is first tested vicariously by the anarchy of the Herzes' struggles with responsible adulthood and then by his own eager love affairs. Driven by the desire to live seriously and act generously, Gabe meets an impassable test in the person of Martha Reganhart, a spirited, outspoken, divorced mother of two, a formidable woman who, according to critic James Atlas, is masterfully portrayed with "depth and resonance."The complex liason between Gabe and Martha and Gabe's moral enthusiasm for the trials of others are at the heart of this tragically comic work. Newly discharged from the Korean War, Gabe Wallach struggles to live seriously and act generously. The reader will find acclaimed author Philip Roth's fictional study of 1950's American morals and social mores far different from those of today. TIME calls Roth "The uncontested master of comic irony". Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780679764175
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 630 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0679764178