Description
In this novel, Nathan Zuckerman recounts the turbulent life of Ira Ringold—“Iron Rinn”—an American roughneck whose hunger for dignity and belonging propels him from teenage ditch-digging in 1930s Newark to the magnetic, dangerous world of mid-century radical politics. As Ringold’s convictions harden into ambition, he rises with the promise of a new order, only to confront the intimate costs of ideology when love, loyalty, and power collide. Roth’s sharp, unsentimental storytelling traces the rise and fall of a man who believes history is on his side, then discovers how quickly certainty can curdle into betrayal. Blending political awakening with personal reckoning, the book explores themes of idealism versus self-interest, the seductions of collective movements, and the moral complexity of choosing—again and again—what to sacrifice.
Available Editions
paperback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Jan 1, 1998
341 pages
ISBN: 9780395933466
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Details
First Published
1998
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for I Married a Communist by Philip Roth.