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Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth&#8217s startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His Falstaff and Peer Gynt and Vanya, all his great roles, &quotare melted into air, into thin air.&quot When he goes onstage he feels like a lunatic and looks like an idiot. His confidence in his powers has drained away he imagines people laughing at him he can no longer pretend to be someone else. &quotSomething fundamental has vanished.&quot His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can&#8217t persuade him to make a comeback.Into this shattering account of inexplicable and terrifying self-evacuation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire, a consolation for a bereft life so risky and aberrant that it points not toward comfort and gratification but to a yet darker and more shocking end. In this long day&#8217s journey into night, told with Roth&#8217s inimitable urgency, bravura, and gravity, all the ways that we convince ourselves of our solidity, all our life&#8217s performances&#8212talent, love, sex, hope, energy, reputation&#8212are stripped off.The Humbling is Roth&#8217s thirtieth book

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The Humbling

Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth&#8217sstartling new book. One of the

leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and

his assurance. His Falstaff and Peer Gynt and Vanya, all his great roles, &quotaremelted into air, into

thin air.&quotWhen he goes onstage he feels like a lunatic and looks like an idiot. His confidence in his

powers has drained away he imagines people laughing at him he can no longer pretend to be someone

else. &quotSomthing fundamental has vanished.&quotHis wife has gone, his audience has left him, his

agent can&#8217tpersuade him to make a comeback.Into this shattering account of inexplicable and

terrifying self-evacuation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire, a consolation for a bereft life so

risky and aberrant that it points not toward comfort and gratification but to a yet darker and more

shocking end. In this long day&#8217sjourney into night, told with Roth&#8217sinimitable urgency,

bravura, and gravity, all the ways that we convince ourselves of our solidity, all our

life&#8217sperformances&#8212taent, love, sex, hope, energy, reputation&#8212ar stripped off.The

Humbling is Roth&#8217sthirtieth book.

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