The Counterlife is about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so far as to risk their lives to alter seemingly irreversible destinies. Wherever they may find themselves, the characters of The Counterlife are tempted unceasingly by the prospect of an alternative existence that can reverse their fate.
Illuminating these lives in transition and guiding us through the bookâs evocative landscapes, familiar and foreign, is the mind of the novelist Nathan Zuckerman. His is the skeptical, enveloping intelligence that calculates the price thatâs paid in the struggle to change personal fortune and reshape history, whether in a dentistâs office in suburban New Jersey, a tradition-bound English Village in Gloucestershire, a church in Londonâs West End, or a tiny desert settlement in Israelâs occupied West Bank.
The Counterlife (The Nathan Zuckerman Series) - Philip Roth
The Counterlife is about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so far as to risk their lives to alter seemingly irreversible destinies. Wherever they may find themselves, the characters of The Counterlife are tempted unceasingly by the prospect of an alternative existence that can reverse their fate.
Illuminating these lives in transition and guiding us through the bookâs evocative landscapes, familiar and foreign, is the mind of the novelist Nathan Zuckerman. His is the skeptical, enveloping intelligence that calculates the price thatâs paid in the struggle to change personal fortune and reshape history, whether in a dentistâs office in suburban New Jersey, a tradition-bound English Village in Gloucestershire, a church in Londonâs West End, or a tiny desert settlement in Israelâs occupied West Bank.