Sabbath's Theater

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literary work novel

Sabbath's Theater is a darkly comic and controversial novel by Philip Roth that follows the scandalous, self-destructive life of disgraced puppeteer Mickey Sabbath.

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Sabbath's Theater canonical 2
Sabbath’s Theater 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Philip Roth ⓘ
awardCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
awarded National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores artistic freedom ⓘ
identity ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
the limits of transgression ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Mickey Sabbath ⓘ
hasControversialContent anti-social behavior ⓘ
explicit sexual content ⓘ
misogyny ⓘ
obscenity ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasReputation one of Philip Roth's major works ⓘ
hasSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Mickey Sabbath ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
protagonistOccupation puppeteer ⓘ
protagonistStatus disgraced puppeteer ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
art and performance ⓘ
death ⓘ
grief ⓘ
morality ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
transgression ⓘ
tone controversial ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ

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Philip Roth → notableWork → Sabbath's Theater ⓘ
Philip → notableWork → Sabbath's Theater ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Roth
this entity surface form: Sabbath’s Theater
American Pastoral → precededBy → Sabbath's Theater ⓘ