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Title: PATRIMONY
A TRUE STORY
By: Philip Roth
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0099914301
ISBN 13: 9780099914303
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Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 1 April, 1992
Pages: 240
Description: Philip Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father, famous for his vigour, his charm and his skill as a raconteur - lovingly called 'the Bard of Newark' - battles with the brain tumour that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal...
Synopsis: Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly a anything Philip Roth has ever written. Philip Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father - famous for his vigour, his charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollection - battles with the brain tumour that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vintage
Returns: Returnable
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AMERICAN PASTORAL (MANDARIN EDITION)
AMERICAN PASTORAL (PB)
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DECEPTION
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DYING ANIMAL (PB)
EL TEATRO DE SABBATH
EVERYMAN
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EVERYMAN (PB)
EVERYMAN (PB)
EXIT GHOST
EXIT GHOST (HB)
EXIT GHOST (HB)
EXIT GHOST (PB)
EXIT LE FANTOME (PB)
FACTS (PB)
GHOST WRITER (PB)
GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
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GOODBYE, COLUMBUS (PB)
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HUMAN STAIN
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I FATTI. AUTOBIOGRAFIA DI UN ROMANZIERE
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST (HB)
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST (PB)
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST (PB)
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST(MANDARIN EDITION)
IL FANTASMA ESCE DI SCENA (HB)
IL PROFESSORE DI DESIDERIO (HB)
INDIGNATION
INDIGNATION (CD)
INDIGNATION (CD)
INDIGNATION (HB)
INDIGNATION (MTI) (PB)
INDIGNATION (PB)
INDIGNATION (PB)
INDIGNATION (PB)
INDIGNATION (PB)
INDIGNAZIONE (PB)
J'AI EPOUSE UN COMMUNISTE (PB)
L''ANIMALE MORENTE
L''UMILIAZIONE
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LA BETE QUI MEURT (PB)
LA CONJURA CONTRA AMERICA (PB)
LA CONTREVIE (PB)
LA MACCHIA UMANA
LA TACHE (PB)
LAMENTO DI PORTNOY
LE COMPLOT CONTRE L'AMERIQUE (PB)
LE RABAISSEMENT (PB)
LETTING GO
LETTING GO (PB)
MASONRY IN THE FORMATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT 1761-1799 (HB)
MAURIZIO CATTELAN (PB)
MENDELSSOHN IS ON THE ROOF
MENDELSSOHN IS ON THE ROOF (PB)
MY LIFE AS A MAN
MY LIFE AS A MAN (PB)
MY LIFE AS A MAN (PB)
NEMESIS
NEMESIS (HB)
NEMESIS (PB)
NEMESIS (PB)
NEMESIS (PB)
NEMESIS (PB)
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NOVELS 1993 - 1995 (HB)
NOVELS AND OTHER NARRATIVES 1986-1991 (HB)
OPERATION SHYLOCK
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OUR GANG
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PARLONS TRAVAIL (PB)
PASTORALE AMERICANA
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PATRIMONY
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PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (PB)
PORTNOY ET SON COMPLEXE
PORTNOY''S COMPLAINT (PB)
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT (PB)
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT (PB)
READING MYSELF AND OTHERS
READING MYSELF AND OTHERS (PB)
READING MYSELF AND OTHERS (PB)
SABBATH''S THEATER (PB)
SABBATH'S THEATER
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SHOP TALK
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THE ANATOMY LESSON
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THE BREAST
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THE COUNTERLIFE
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THE DYING ANIMAL
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THE FACTS
THE FACTS (PB)
THE GHOST WRITER
THE GHOST WRITER (PB)
THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL
THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL (PB)
THE HUMAN STAIN
THE HUMAN STAIN (MANDARIN EDITION)
THE HUMAN STAIN (PB)
THE HUMBLING
THE HUMBLING (PB)
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (CD)
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (HB)
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ZUCKERMAN BOUND
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