num_pages: 238
description: In a moving elegy, one of America's most powerful writers recreates his father's ordeal as, suffering from a brain tumor, he battles with the ignominy and helplessness of old age
language: English
title: Patrimony : A True Story
titlecomplete: Patrimony : A True Story
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Jewish, The United States Of America, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 5191
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Simon & Schuster