The humbling
By: Philip Roth
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed.
Publisher: Vintage International/Vintage Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780307472588
Subjects: Actors; Psychological fiction; Fiction
Description: What happens when all the ways that we convince ourselves of our solidity, all our life's performances are stripped off? Simon Axler, one of the leading American stage actors of his generation, is about to find out. Now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Consumed by an erotic desire, he plunges into a darker and more shocking end.
Notes: Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.