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1985 novella by Philip Roth

The Prague Orgy
First edition (publ. Jonathan Cape)
AuthorPhilip Roth
LanguageEnglish
SeriesZuckerman Bound trilogy
SubjectTotalitarianism, Struggle of artists
GenreNovella
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date1985
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (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 The story follows Roth's alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, on a journey to Communist Prague in 1976 seeking the unpublished manuscripts of a Yiddish writer.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.

Works by Philip Roth
Fiction
Kepesh novels
Roth books
Zuckerman novels
Nemeses: Short Novels
Collections
Film/TV adaptations
RelatedPhilip Roth: The Biography


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