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What impact can American history have on the life of the vulnerable individual? It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at the local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hard-working neighborhood butcher, seems to have gone mad--mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees in every corner for his beloved boy. As the long-suffering, desperately harassed mother tells her son, the father's fear arises from love and pride. Perhaps, but it produces too much anger in Marcus for him to endure living with his parents any longer. He leaves them and, far from Newark, in the midwestern college, has to find his way amid the customs and constrictions of another American world.--From publisher's description.
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Fiction, Antisemitism, Jewish college students, Nineteen fifties, Self-realization, Young men, Literature, Young men -- Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Jews, fiction, New jersey, fiction, Ohio, fiction, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, historical, College students, 18.06 Anglo-American literature, American fiction, Fathers and sons, Kleinstadt, Fleischerei, Familienbetrieb, Erwachsener Sohn, Koreakrieg, College, Jews, Historical fiction, Student, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-10-05, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Large type booksPlaces
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Indignation
2008, Houghton Mifflin Company, Houghton Mifflin Co.
in English
054705484X 9780547054841
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Indignation
2008, Random House Large Print
in English
- 1st large print ed.
0739328115 9780739328118
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A dazzling new novel from a modern master of the form.It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he here and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworking neighbourhood butcher seems to have gone mad - mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees in the every corner for his beloved boy. So Marcus leaves and, far from home, has to find his way amid the customs and constrictions of another American world.Indignation is the story of a young man's education in life's terrifying chances and bizarre obstructions. It is a story of inexperience, foolishness, intellectual resistance, sexual discovery, courage and error, told with all the inventive energy and with Roth has at his command.
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