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«Non voglio che mi riabiliti. Solo che mi rendi interessante». Fu questa la richiesta di Philip Roth al suo biografo. In cambio, il genio di Newark offriva a Bailey l'accesso a un'impressionante quantità di materiali esclusivi, fra documenti e interviste, sulla propria vicenda umana e artistica. Il frutto di questo patto, elaborato in quasi dieci anni di lavoro, è un ritratto vivido, esaustivo, composito, a tratti ...

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Grandfather's Advice, written in English and Spanish, gifts to the reader the basic tenets of the things that lead to friendly relationships, a good life and peace with self. Through Grandfather's Advice, Blake's love for his grandchildren is extended to children and grandchildren all over the world, whatever your age. And don't miss the ANIMATED VERSION of Grandfather's Advice.

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Blake's second novel, Zapatista, is faithfully based on the facts of the 1994 Chiapas Indian uprising in southern Mexico. Whether looking for an adventure story or a deeper look into the real drama of a people's revolution, you'll find that in Zapatista. Peter, the protagonist, running from devastating life events and the associated guilt involved, finds himself in the heart of the Sierra Madre hoping to drink, write, and find adventure in t...

As The Butte Daily Post said in 1897, this book is a "gruesome publication." The Diary covers a unique vocation that thrived in the early nineteenth century: Resurrectionist. It was a job created out of a need for anatomy schools to acquire bodies for dissection during lectures. Fresh bodies. And those willing to dig them up were paid handsomely for their morbid efforts. William Burke and William Hare, who you'll read about within these pages,...

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In the era of cancel culture, get a behind the scenes look at the journey to the critically acclaimed Philip Roth: The Biography and its "cancelled" subject and author.

Um das Leben des Philip Roth ranken sich unzählige Gerüchte und Geschichten - sicher auch inspiriert von den autobiografischen Spuren, die er in seinen Romanen legte. Noch zu Lebzeiten engagierte er Blake Bailey als seinen Biografen, dem er in langen Gesprächen Rede und Antwort stand und dem er exklusiven Zugang zu seinem Archiv gewährte. Roths Geschichte des Aufstiegs aus kleinen Verhältnissen zu literarischem Weltruhm zeigt sein Werk in eine...

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I don't want you to rehabilitate me, " Philip Roth said to his only authorized biographer, Blake Bailey. "Just make me interesting." Granted complete independence and access, Bailey spent almost ten years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and listening to Roth's own breathtakingly candid confessions. Cynthia Ozick, in her front-page rave for the New York Times Book Review, described Bailey's...

Superlative... definitive and genuinely gripping' SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly engrossing' EVENING STANDARD'Compulsively readable... Beautifully written... Definitive' OBSERVER Appointed by Philip Roth and granted complete access and independence, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations. The result is an indelible po...

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