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In quest of the unpublished manuscript of a martyred Yiddish writer theAmerican novelist Nathan Zuckerman travels to Sovietoccupied Prague in themid1970s. There in a nation straightjacketed by totalitarian Communism hediscovers a literary predicament marked by institutionalized oppression thatis rather different from his own. He also discovers among the oppressedwriters with whom he quickly becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre andpoignant adventures an appealingly perverse kind of heroism.The Prague Orgy consisting of entries from protagonist Nathan Zuckermansnotebooks recording his sojourn among these outcast artists completes thetrilogy and epilogue Zuckerman bound. It provides a startling ending toRoths intricately designed magnum opus on the unforeseen consequences of art.This Vintage edition is the first paperback publication of the epilogue. «
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