Now available in paperback, Roth's brilliant memoirween father and son. He accompanies his irascible, 86-year-old father through each stage of his heroically stubborn engagement with life.
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Now available in paperback, Roth's brilliant memoirween father and son. He accompanies his irascible, 86-year-old father through each stage of his heroically stubborn engagement with life.
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I enjoyed this book tremendously. Amazingly enough- even though it is true, it reads like Roth's fiction! You have to remind yourself you are reading a true story.
fathi1974
Apr 26, 2007
Patrimony : a journey into a lost world
"Patrimony" is the precursor of the group of books Philip Roth wrote in the Nineties and which won major awards . "Patrimony" won him the National Book Critics Circle Award . This book is an autobiographical work about the last stages of the life of his father , Herman Roth . The book is sweet and soft . The book is not only about the illness period that Philip's father went through ; it is also about an ongoing relationship between a father and his son . It is very romantic and it almost speaks of a different era in the history of the world . It is an era in which a son takes care of his parents , just like a mother taking care of her children , as Herman himself says at one stage of the book . What attracts me to Philip Roth is his sincerity , honesty , and openness . He seems to regard the book as his confessional and the reader as his confidante . He spills on his secrets and private thoughts to the unassuming reader . He is compassionate , brotherly , and advising , not only to his father but also to his reader , and not only in this book but in most of his books . He takes one by the hand through the labyrinth of life's secrets , ironies , and absurdities . The language in most of this book is rich , crispy , and hard-edged , with bumps and surprises . Finally , in this book , Roth preaches some beautiful values : the values of determination , relentlessness , perseverance , and love of life . I recommend the book most to Philip Roth's aficionados, but even people who haven't read books by Roth would as readily love it and cherish it .
