{"product_id":"sabbaths-theater-national-book-award-winner-9780679772590","title":"Sabbath's Theater: National Book Award Winner","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e delivers his \"richest, most rewarding novel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) about Micky Sabbath, a scandalous hero who embarks on a turbulent journey into his past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once an inventive puppeteer, Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after the death of his long-time mistress--an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring surpassed even his own--Sabbath, bereft and grieving and besieged by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him most, contrives a succession of farcical disasters that take him to the brink of madness and extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.12w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679772590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/1996 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/1996 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2014 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHILIP ROTH won the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1998 he received the National Medal of Arts at\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe White House and in 2002 the highest award of the American\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAcademy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal in Fiction.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe twice won the National Book Award and the National\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBook Critics Circle Award. He won the PEN\/Faulkner\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAward three times. In 2005 \u003ci\u003eThe Plot Against America \u003c\/i\u003ereceived\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe Society of American Historians' Prize for \"the outstanding\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehistorical novel on an American theme for 2003-2004.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eRoth received PEN's two most prestigious awards: \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein 2006 the PEN\/Nabokov Award and in 2007 the PEN\/Bellow Award for achievement in American fiction. In 2011 he received the National Humanities\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMedal at the White House, and was later named the fourth\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003erecipient of the Man Booker International Prize. He died in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46023995293910,"sku":"9780679772590","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_f72afae4-f900-4c4b-a741-23d3c8749c76.jpg?v=1722337087","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/sabbaths-theater-national-book-award-winner-9780679772590","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}