First edition (publ. Jonathan Cape) | |
Author | Philip Roth |
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Language | English |
Series | Zuckerman Bound trilogy |
Subject | Totalitarianism, Struggle of artists |
Genre | Novella |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1985 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Preceded by | "The Anatomy Lesson" |
The Prague Orgy (1985) is a novella by Philip Roth. The short book is the epilogue to his trilogy Zuckerman Bound. The story follows Roth's alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, on a journey to Communist Prague in 1976 seeking the unpublished manuscripts of a Yiddish writer. The book, presented as journal entries by Zuckerman, details the struggle of demoralized artists in a totalitarian society.
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