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3 de out. de 2013 · In " The Dying Animal, " Jessica Pierce (2013) directs the bioethical gaze from its usual site of practical and intellectual effort, which is clearly oriented toward the human animal, to explore ...
The Dying Animal. David Kepesh is white-haired and over sixty, an eminent TV culture critic and star lecturer at a New York college, when he meets Consuela Castillo, a decorous, well-mannered student of twenty-four, the daughter of wealthy Cuban exiles, who promptly puts his life into erotic disorder. Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s ...
In chronicling this descent, Philip Roth performs a breathtaking set of variations on the themes of eros and mortality, license and repression, selfishness and sacrifice. The Dying Animal is a burning coal of a book, filled with intellectual heat and not a little danger. ©2001 Philip Roth (P)2023 Recorded Books. Series: David Kepesh, Book 3.
12 de jul. de 2001 · The Dying Animal is the latest addition to Philip Roth's already considerable and highly celebrated oeuvre. The protagonist is David Kepesh, a recurring protagonist in Roth's work, having been introduced first in the Kafkaesque 1972 novella, The Breast, and again in The Professor of Desire (1979).
Dying Animal” by Philip Roth is an emotionally charged and introspective novel. Through the eyes of the protagonist, David Kepesh, Roth explores the complexities of desire, aging, and human relationships.
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30 de jun. de 2001 · The Dying Animal Philip Roth 176pp, Jonathan Cape, £12.99 As Philip Roth nears 70, it is apparent that his life's work is the history of the male psyche from childhood to old age.
In THE DYING ANIMAL, Roth explores what happens to Kepesh after he loses his detachment and, in an intensely physical but still distant fashion, becomes emotionally involved with a beautiful young woman. Eventually, he must choose between survival and detachment or the consequences of responsible love. This is a fast-moving and fascinating novella.
