Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin - he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills - meet one summer and dive into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. The novella, the first book published by Phillip Roth, explores issues of both class and Jewish assimilation into American culture. It won the National Book Award in 1960. ©1993 Phillip Roth (P)2009
How does a novelist write about the facts of his life after spending years fictionalising those facts with irrepressible daring and originality?
Un thriller trepidante basado en un gran enigma de la Historia. Cuando en 1991 se inhuman los restos del Zar y de su familia, asesinados en 1918, se descubre que faltan dos cadáveres. El abogado Miles Lord deberá investigar qué ocurrió aquel 16 de julio de 1918. Su única pista: un críptico mensaje de Rasputín anunciando que aquel cruento episodio no será el último en la leyenda de los Romanov...