Synopsis
Lucy is obsessed with an implacable crusading spirit which impels her to reform her alcoholic father and immature husband
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"Roth is a living master" (New York Review of Books)
"When She Was Good, both its sustained theme and its detail work, is a step above most recent novels... Roth is a serious writer, willing to turn his face against fashion and the expected, and to take improbable chances'" (New York Times)
"High, careful tragedy, nasty as life, and Roth emerges...as a Dreiser who can write!" (Stanley Elkin)
"Compassion mingles with horror in a superb portrayal of a young woman's obsession with moral rectitude" (Saturday Review)
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Philip Roth's entire oeuvre – 31 books – to be reissued in electric new Vintage jackets for October 2016
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When She Was Good
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 2nd Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one small tear with some beginning wrinkling to the top rear spine joint. "Much of Roth's fiction revolves around semi-autobiographical themes, while self-consciously and playfully addressing the perils of establishing connections between Roth and his fictional lives and voices. Examples of this close relationship between the author's life and his characters' include narrators and protagonists such as David Kepesh and Nathan Zuckerman as well as the character "Philip Roth", who appears in The Plot Against America and of whom there are two in Operation Shylock. Critic Jacques Berlinerblau noted in The Chronicle of Higher Education that these fictional voices create a complex and tricky experience for readers, deceiving them into believing they "know" Roth. In Roth's fiction the question of authorship is intertwined with the theme of the idealistic, secular Jewish son who attempts to distance himself from Jewish customs and traditions, and from what he perceives as the sometimes suffocating influence of parents, rabbis, and other community leaders. Roth's fiction has been described by critics as pervaded by "a kind of alienation that is enlivened and exacerbated by what binds it". " (from Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # A41805
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When She Was Good
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Random House Books for Young Readers, 1967
ISBN 10: 0394451872
ISBN 13: 9780394451879
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ISBN 10: 0394451872
ISBN 13: 9780394451879
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Hardcover. Condition: Collectable, very good. 1st. First printing. Almost like new book in VG+ jacket. Bound in blue cloth, Random House, 1967, stated first printing with no additional printings indicated. Book in perfect condition except just barely visible fading of color on upper and lower edges of cover. Jacket not price clipped (5.95), very minor edgewear. Book was formerly owned by a collector who put the jacket in its very nice mylar sleeve. **We are a small family business selling online since 1999 with over 30 years' experience providing fine new and pre-owned books. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. **Your purchase supports our town's public library. Seller Inventory # 65631