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Set during a polio outbreak in 1944 Newark, "Nemesis" follows Bucky Cantor, a playground director grappling with self-doubt and exclusion from the war. As the epidemic unfolds, Roth explores the deep emotional turmoil it brings to Bucky and his community, highlighting fear, suffering, and the impact on childhood.
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Nemesis, Philip Roth
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Nemesis
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Philip Roth
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 280
- ISBN13
- 9780307475008
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Love, Sports, USA, American Literature, World War II, Children, Death, Jews, Mysterious, Mysteries, America, Fear, Diseases, Fate, God, Guilt, Teachers, Epidemic, Year 1944, Last Book by the Author
- First published
- 2010
- Original title
- Nemesis
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Set during a polio outbreak in 1944 Newark, "Nemesis" follows Bucky Cantor, a playground director grappling with self-doubt and exclusion from the war. As the epidemic unfolds, Roth explores the deep emotional turmoil it brings to Bucky and his community, highlighting fear, suffering, and the impact on childhood.