Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafkaâ€™s protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of

The Breast
- Early Roth Novel
- In Very Good Condition
Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafkaâ€™s protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Philip Rothâ€™s richly conceived fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of the full implications of Kepeshâ€™s metamorphosisâ€•a daring, heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity. â€œThe Breast is terrific . . . inventive and sane and very funny. The trick which is the heart of the book is brilliant . . . and rich with meaning.â€â€•John Gardner, The New York Times Book Review â€œHilarious, serious, visionary, logical, sexual-philosophical; the ending amazesâ€•the joke takes three steps beyond savagery and satire and turns into a sublimeness of pity. One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture.â€â€•Cynthia Ozick
Country USA
Brand Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Manufacturer Holt, Rinehard and Winston
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0030037166_gdd_341
EANs 9780030037160
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

The Breast