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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
My last experience with Philip Roth, [b:American Pastoral|11650|American Pastoral|Philip Roth|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327935620s/11650.jpg|598119], was not positive. I couldn't even finish it. While I have enjoyed some of Roth's work ([b:The Plot Against America|703|The Plot Against America|Philip Roth|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327711853s/703.jpg|911456] and [b:Portnoy's Complaint|43945|Portnoy's Complaint|Philip Roth|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327929440s/43945.jpg|911489]), I was still wary of reading this, expecting that I had lost interest in this author after a more extensive purview of his work (I kinda/sorta enjoyed [b:The Human Stain|11734|The Human Stain|Philip Roth|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1308953496s/11734.jpg|1118624] and was bored to tears by American Pastoral).
This book is wonderful. It is a non-fiction piece about Roth watching his father die over the course of a year. It is touching without sentimentality or maudlin reminiscence. The signature Roth-ian verbosity that slows the pace of his fiction is absent here. He had a story to tell and he told it directly. This is a great autobiographical tale about loss, fear, insecurity, and family.
This book is wonderful. It is a non-fiction piece about Roth watching his father die over the course of a year. It is touching without sentimentality or maudlin reminiscence. The signature Roth-ian verbosity that slows the pace of his fiction is absent here. He had a story to tell and he told it directly. This is a great autobiographical tale about loss, fear, insecurity, and family.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
This was a very emotional and reflective book told from Philips perspective of his relationship with his ill father. The book covers important themes of the fragality of life and Xenophobia. The relationship between the father and son is a special one with having to both first over come the grief of losing Philips mother and then the tumour being discovered. However, it was a very slow, over descriptive and dense story with some parts not needed such as the detailed description of his Fathers penis. The most shocking part was the heart issue Philip had just a few months before his Father's death echoing it doesn't matter if you're in your late eightes or early forties or even twenties life is precious and should not be taken for granted.
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent
Starts out sad and just gets more depressing as you go. A real portrayal of a son's ordeal as his father dies.
Un memoir bellissimo e straziante. Una toccante dichiarazione d'amore di un figlio al proprio padre, senza idealizzazioni e senza sconti per l'incontenibile dolore che si prova davanti a quel decadimento fisico che non lascia scampo.
Mi ha commossa in ben più di un passaggio.
Mi ha commossa in ben più di un passaggio.
4.5❤️
bought this on a whim after reading beautiful boy because i really wanted to continue reading about father son dynamics (why does that scream daddy issues LOL). anyway, didn’t expect to love this as much as i did <3 has potential to be a 5-star favourite. will hopefully re-read soon
bought this on a whim after reading beautiful boy because i really wanted to continue reading about father son dynamics (why does that scream daddy issues LOL). anyway, didn’t expect to love this as much as i did <3 has potential to be a 5-star favourite. will hopefully re-read soon