Tagged: University of Virginia Press

January 11, 2022

The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography by Jacques Berlinerblau

Let it be said, Philip Roth was never uncontroversial. From his first book, Roth scandalized literary society as he questioned Jewish identity and sexual politics in postwar America. Scrutiny and fierce rebukes of the...

Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate by Daniel Mendelsohn

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September 16, 2020

Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate by Daniel Mendelsohn

In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tell. Combining memoir, biography, history,...