The Professor of Desire, Philip Roth
The Professor of Desire, Philip Roth
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The Professor of Desire

Author: Philip Roth

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2024


Synopsis

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author comes thoughtful and often hilarious novel about the dilemma of pleasure: where we seek it, why we flee it, and how we struggle to make a truce between dignity and desire.As a student in college, David Kepesh styles himself “a rake among scholars, a scholar among rakes.” Little does he realize how prophetic this motto will be—or how damning. For as Philip Roth follows Kepesh from the domesticity of childhood into the vast wilderness of erotic possibility, from a ménage à trois in London to the throes of loneliness in New York, he creates a novel that “ranks among the major achievements in the literature of our time” (Village Voice).

About Philip Roth

Philip Roth (1933–2018) was one of the most decorated writers in American history, having won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, the PEN/Faulkner Award three times, the National Book Award, and many more. He also won the Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union and in the same year received the National Medal of Arts at the White House. In 2001 he received the highest award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal in Fiction, given every six years “for the entire work of the recipient.”

About David Colacci

David Colacci is an actor and director who has directed and performed in prominent theaters nationwide. His credits include roles from Shakespeare to Albee, as well as extensive work on new plays. As a narrator, he has won numerous Earphones Awards, earned Audie Award nominations, and been included in Best Audio of the Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. He was a resident actor and director with the Cleveland Play House for eight years and has been artistic director of the Hope Summer Rep Theater since 1992.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Φώτης on October 09, 2019

3,5/ 5 Η "Κατά Ροθ" βουτιά στα παγωμένα νερά της Αγίας Οικογένειας και η υπόμνηση του προτέρου κλέους Ο Φ. Ροθ συγκαταλέγεται μεταξύ των ελαχίστων μεταπολεμικών συγγραφέων που μπορώ να διαβάσω άτυπτα – δίχως, δηλαδή, την ανάγκη να εφευρίσκω συνεχώς επιχειρήματα που να δικαιολογούν την ανάλωση πολύτιμο......more

Goodreads review by Bojan on January 26, 2024

"Profesor želje" je Rot u malom. Da budem precizniji- "Profesor želje" je Rot, iz prve polovine svog stvaralaštva, u malom. Kada pisac ostavi opus od preko trideset knjiga nastalih u periodu od skoro šest decenija, prvi susret sa njegovim radom, kao osnova za svaki naredni, počiva na momentu verovatn......more

Goodreads review by Read By RodKelly on March 02, 2020

Prose so lush and sumptuous and generous that it nearly brought tears to my eyes. Simply stunning.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 29, 2007

the name of this book makes me giggle but nevertheless, very good. i really love roth. it will be sad when he dies. this review is useless.......more

Goodreads review by Miloš on April 01, 2022

Rot je kao oni ljudi koje nekad sretnete na kakvom događaju, ispunjeni idejom koja im je toliko fascinantna da, bez ikakve griže savesti, odlučuju da guše sve goste za stolom, dok se ovi ne pokupe i ne odu. Nemam previše simpatija ka "nesuđenom Čehovljevom junaku" Dejvidu Kepešu, koji 200 strana lame......more


Quotes

“[A] thoughtful, stylistically elegant novel about the paradox of male desire.” New York Times Book Review

“An entertaining, mature exploration of the conflicts of passion and reason.” Library Journal