New York: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618153144 . A very attractive first edition, first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket, SIGNED by author Philip Roth on the title page. Scarce to see signed, especially in this condition; A writer and his colleagues and their work. Philip Roth’s account of intimate intellectual encounters with an international and diverse cast of writers, they explore the importance of region, politics and history in their work and trace the imaginative path by which a writer’s highly individualized art is informed by the wider conditions of life; 8vo; With Ron Griswold certification: Signed in his presence at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center in New York City after Roth received the PEN/Nabokov Award on May 22, 2006.; Signed by Author .

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Shop Talk: A Writer and His Colleagues and Their Work is a collection of previously published interviews with important 20th century writers by novelist Philip Roth. Among the writers interviewed are Primo Levi, Aharon Appelfeld, Ivan Klima, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Milan Kundera, and Edna O'Brien. In addition, the book contains a discussion with Mary McCarthy about Roth's novel The Counterlife and a New Yorker essay on Saul Bellow.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13646
Title: Shop Talk - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Roth, Philip
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0618153144
ISBN 13: 9780618153145
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Authors Literature Novels
Bookseller catalogs: Books On Books; Legendary Authors / Roth, Philip;

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