Legacy: a True Story (translation Classic)
by H
About This Novel
This book is a documentary work by Philip Roth, a leading figure in contemporary American literature. It won the "National Book Critics Award" in 1992 and has become a contemporary classic of non-fiction works. In this book, what shocks the reader's heart is the large number of psychological monologues and daily details of Philip Roth in the process of taking care of his father, as well as the memory fragments of this ordinary Jewish family life that constantly flash up, sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, sometimes profound... The focus of this book is no longer the vast society or grand propositions, but Roth's recently deceased father, an ordinary, humble old Jewish man. In the days before his death, his life was like a river soaked in trivial past events, flowing half-dark before the eyes of him and his son, a writer. The relationship between father and son has never been so close yet strange, both flesh-and-blood and yet estranged. When the life of a loved one enters the countdown, all the thinking and torture, all the fear and sadness, make people breathless - even if this person is Philip Roth, who is famous for his coldness. The writer Ross and his son Ross kept exchanging between the lines of "Legacy". Passion and reason sometimes fought fiercely and sometimes made peace, trying to restore the truth of life. The truth of life is enough to put any words to shame, and it is enough to conquer the most demanding book reviewers in the United States.
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