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The Breast
The Breast
Author: Philip Roth
"I am a breast. A phenomenom took place within my body, and converted me into a mammary gland, disconnected from any human form."
ISBN: 63852
Pages: 113
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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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lovescoffee avatar reviewed The Breast on + 50 more book reviews
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It was hilarious! Very strange, but I couldn't stop laughing. Men and women alike obsess about breasts, and yet the thought of being one makes you take another look, from the breast's perspective. Apparently, being a breast isn't all that! And where will he ever find a mate???
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aaron19 avatar reviewed The Breast on + 8 more book reviews
This book marks the first appearance of Professor David Kepesh, even though some of the stuff he talks about (his wife Helen and his upbringing in a hotel in the Catskills) fully appears in THE PROFESSOR OF DESIRE. Kepesh narrates the story of how he became a breast and his subsequent dealings with this transformation. Think of it as Roth's riff on Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," but more hilarious and thought-provoking.


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