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Indignación

Indignación

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
Pages
176
Published
2018
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a brilliant Jewish student from Newark, escapes the Korean War draft by enrolling in a conservative Ohio college. There, he clashes with the university's rigid rules and prevailing antisemitism, while grappling with his own burgeoning sexuality. His fierce independence and defiance lead to a series of confrontations that ultimately shape his tragic fate.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingComplexMelancholic
Coming of AgeFish Out of Water

Genres

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Authors

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Philip Roth

Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of Jewish and American identity. He first gained attention with the 1959 short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, whic...