{"product_id":"2026600000598-secondhand-the-anatomy-lesson","title":"The Anatomy Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st us ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp and darkly comic novel, The Anatomy Lesson chronicles the physical and psychological unraveling of Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Roth's celebrated alter ego, as he lies immobilized by mysterious, debilitating pain and wrestles with a profound creative crisis. Set largely on a playmat on the floor of Zuckerman's Manhattan apartment, the narrative details his desperate attempts to numb his suffering through alcohol, drugs, and the company of four very different women who orbit his stricken life. With savage wit and unflinching self-examination, Roth illustrates the torment of an artist who has lost his voice — both literally and figuratively — and who fantasizes about abandoning literature entirely to become a doctor. The novel, the third installment in the Zuckerman Bound trilogy, argues that the act of writing is inseparable from pain, guilt, and the relentless demands of identity. Roth's prose is ferocious and confessional, making this a landmark work of postwar American fiction that confronts the cost of a life devoted to art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792282464475,"sku":"2026600000598-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/985481b9-1532-4452-87e9-af5d68ac335d.png?v=1779274603","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000598-secondhand-the-anatomy-lesson","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}