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Letting Go

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**The first full-length novel from one of the most renowned writers of the twentieth century, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of *American Pastoral,* tells the story of a mid-century America and offers “further proof of Mr. Roth’s astonishing talent…. *Letting Go* seethes with life” ( *The New York Times* ). ** Published when Roth was twenty-nine and set in Chicago, New York, and Iowa city, *Letting Go* presents as brilliant a fictional portrait as we have of America in the 1950s defined by social and ethical constraints and by moral compulsions conspicuously different from those of today. Newly discharged from the Korean War army, reeling from his mother’s recent death, freed from old attachments and hungrily seeking others, Gabe Wallach is drawn to Paul Herz, a fellow graduate student in literature, and to Libby, Paul’s moody, intense wife. Gabe’s desire to be connected to the ordered world of feeling that he finds in books is first tested vicariously by the anarchy of the Herzes’ struggles with responsible adulthood and then by his own eager love affairs. Driven by the desire to live seriously and act generously, Gabe meets an impassable test in the person of Martha Reganhart, a spirited, outspoken, divorced mother of two, a formidable woman who, according to critic James Atlas, is masterfully portrayed with depth and resonance. The complex liason between Gabe and Martha and Gabe’s moral enthusiasm for the trials of others are at the heart of this tragically comic work.

About Author

Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist. He gained early literary fame with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus (winner of 1960's National Book Award), cemented it with his 1969 bestseller Portn

Author

Philip Roth

Book Series

Vintage International

Format

Ebook

ISBN

9780394433059

Language

English

Pages

587

Publication Date

02-14-1962

Publisher

Vintage

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