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Kafka's Metamorphosis but the guy turns into a female breast instead. He can talk and hear but he can't see or walk/move. Hmmmm. "Interesting"
And the protagonist being a male and the author a male, of course the protagonist quickly becomes obsessed with sexual sensations.
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And the protagonist being a male and the author a male, of course the protagonist quickly becomes obsessed with sexual sensations.
What to listen to while reading...
Changes by David Bowie
1972 by Broken Social Scene
Just Squeeze Me by Louis Armstrong
The Way I Feel Inside by The Zombies ...more
WTH is this? UGH... I hated this novella. I understand it is a commentary much like The Nose and The Metamorphosis (Roth told us that so many times I wanted to scream). But I didn't like anything about the book. It wasn't funny. It wasn't feminist. It wasn't interesting. I read it only because it is on Boxall's list of 1001 books to read before you die, and I question why I am even reading these books when I encounter one like this.
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This is a short novella by Philip Roth and like Kafka and Gogol, the narrator becomes something else. He becomes a 155 lb female breast. While a cockroach is disgusting and a nose would be odd at least it doesn't require clothing, a breast is sexual and generally kept covered. I will quote, "Roth has a genius for making everything potentially beautiful and joyful filthy and disgusting. . . . Roth writes dirty books, not pornography." . There is a good deal
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This book held my interest. But I am certain I missed many intended points.
Nov 19, 2013
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Dec 01, 2016
Judith
marked it as to-read
Dec 28, 2017
Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount)
marked it as 1001-tbr
Jun 01, 2019
Yvonne
marked it as to-read
Dec 20, 2019
Sorobai
marked it as to-read
Aug 25, 2020
Shae
marked it as to-read
