The Counterlife

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The Counterlife is a 1986 novel by Philip Roth that experiments with alternative narrative possibilities and identities through the recurring character Nathan Zuckerman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Philip Roth
awarded National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresRelationship author and narrator
fiction and reality
featuresCharacter Nathan Zuckerman
genre literary fiction
postmodern literature
hasPart section "Aloft"
section "Basel"
Christendom
surface form: section "Christendom"

section "Gloucestershire"
section "Judea"
isbn 9780374149179
language English
literarySeries Zuckerman novels
mainCharacter Nathan Zuckerman
narrativeStyle experimental narrative
narrativeTechnique alternative narrative possibilities
multiple versions of events
protagonistAlterEgoOf Philip Roth
protagonistOccupation writer
publicationYear 1986
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
setting Israel
United States of America
surface form: United States
shortlistedFor National Book Award for Fiction
theme Jewish identity
alternative lives
identity
infidelity
marriage
mortality
self-invention

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Philip Roth notableWork The Counterlife
Philip notableWork The Counterlife
subject surface form: Philip Roth
Zuckerman novels hasPart The Counterlife