{"product_id":"the-facts-a-novelists-autobiography","title":"The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe atypical autobiography of the Pulitzer Prize–winning, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does a novelist write about the facts of his life after spending years fictionalising those facts with irrepressible daring and originality? What becomes of 'the facts' after they have been smelted down for art's sake? In \u003ci\u003eThe Facts -\u003c\/i\u003e Philip Roth's idiosyncratic autobiography - we find out. Focusing on five episodes in his life, Roth gives a portrait of his secure city childhood in Newark, through to his first marriage, clashes with the Jewish establishment over \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e and his writing of \u003ci\u003ePortnoy's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn true Rothian style, his fictional self Nathan Zuckerman is allowed the final, coruscating word of reply.","brand":"Philip Roth","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51671033741618,"sku":"9780063508453","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780063508453.jpg?v=1787960022","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/the-facts-a-novelists-autobiography","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}