The Prague Orgy
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The Prague Orgy is a novella by American author Philip Roth that follows writer Nathan Zuckerman’s journey to Communist-era Prague to recover a lost Yiddish manuscript, exploring themes of censorship, exile, and artistic freedom.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Prague Orgy canonical | 4 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Philip Roth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | life under Communist rule in Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints on artistic expression under totalitarianism
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moral compromises of writers under censorship ⓘ relationship between politics and art ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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novella ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| languageElement | Yiddish literature ⓘ |
| literaryCycle |
Zuckerman novels
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surface form:
Nathan Zuckerman cycle
|
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Zuckerman Unbound
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surface form:
Zuckerman Bound
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| plotElement |
journey to Communist-era Prague
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search for a lost Yiddish manuscript ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | American ⓘ |
| series | Zuckerman Books ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Prague ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Communist era ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
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artistic freedom ⓘ censorship ⓘ dissidence ⓘ exile ⓘ literary censorship ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
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