The Professor of Desire

Roth, Philip

ISBN 10: 0224015656 / ISBN 13: 9780224015653

Published by Jonathan Cape, Great Britain, 1978

About this Item

A true UKfirst edition / first printing, with 'First published in Great Britain 1978' on the copyright page (and no lager edition stated). A hilarious novel, set in England, about the amorous adventures of an American scholar. The book has been price-clipped, and there is a of touch of foxing. Also, a little shelfwear on the front of the jacket. Overall, a pleasing copy. We protect all our books with a removable plastic cover, and send them with care. Seller Inventory # 001235

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Professor of Desire

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, Great Britain

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Professor of Desire follows David Kepesh from the domesticity of childhood into the vast wilderness of erotic possibility, from a menage a trois in London to the throes of loneliness in New York. Roth creates a supremely intelligent, affecting, and often hilarious novel about the dilemma of pleasure: where we seek it; why we flee it; and how we struggle to make a truce between dignity and desire.

Review:

" Ranks among the major achievements in the literature of our time." -- "Village Voice"
" No one writing can juggle the somber and the ludicrous more adroitly than Roth." -- "Time"
" Philip Roth is a great historian of modern eroticism.... [He] speaks of a sexuality that questions itself; it is still hedonism, but it is problematic, wounded, ironic hedonism. His is the uncommon union of confession and irony. Infinitely vulnerable in his sincerity and infinitely elusive in his irony." -- Milan Kundera
" A thoughtful...elegant novel.... A fine display of literary skills." -- "The New York Times Book Review"

"Ranks among the major achievements in the literature of our time." --"Village Voice"
"No one writing can juggle the somber and the ludicrous more adroitly than Roth." --"Time"
"Philip Roth is a great historian of modern eroticism.... [He] speaks of a sexuality that questions itself; it is still hedonism, but it is problematic, wounded, ironic hedonism. His is the uncommon union of confession and irony. Infinitely vulnerable in his sincerity and infinitely elusive in his irony." --Milan Kundera
"A thoughtful...elegant novel.... A fine display of literary skills." --"The New York Times Book Review"