Patrimony
- Author Philip Roth
- Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 5 hours and 42 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: general, Biography and non-fiction prose, Family and health, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Society and Social Sciences.
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Patrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son.
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, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long engagement with life. Written with fierce tenderness, Patrimony is a classic work of memoir by a master storyteller.
©2016 Philip Roth (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Nobody writes about the American family with more tenderness and honesty
New Statesman -
A simple, moving, generous work
Independent on Sunday -
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away – with words. But the Lord giveth back, miraculously, in the form of this book and this family history
Guardian -
A true story, told with all the powerful authority and cunning narrative order of a major writer
Sunday Times -
His best work since The Counterlife
Observer
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