Description
Presented as a first-person “confession,” this razor-edged novel follows Philip Roth on a trip to Israel in the 1990s, where political violence and cultural identity collide with his own public persona. When another man who claims to be Roth begins preaching an extreme philosophy of “Diasporism,” the narrative turns metafictional—part travelogue, part self-interrogation—while Roth stages a riot of satire that tests the boundaries of authorship, belief, and provocation. With comic ferocity and unsettling clarity, the book explores themes of Jewish identity, the ethics of representation, and the ways ideology can masquerade as insight. In Roth’s unmistakable style—sharp, restless, and deliberately destabilizing—language becomes both weapon and mirror, leaving readers to ask what it means to confess, to perform, and to be believed.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Jun 16, 1994
400 pages
ISBN: 9780099307914
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Details
First Published
1993
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Operation Shylock by Philip Roth.