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Contemporary Fiction

Another Life

Philip Roth
eng. The Counterlife · 1986
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Main Ideas

Main Ideas

  • Exploration of alternate lives and choices that could alter a person's destiny.
  • The theme of identity and self-discovery through various life scenarios.
  • Questions of Jewish identity and cultural heritage.
  • The relationship between personal freedom and obligations to family and society.
  • Exploration of the boundaries between fiction and reality, and the writer's role in creating these boundaries.
  • Issues of marriage, infidelity, and personal crises.
  • The impact of the past on the present and future, and the possibility of changing one's life.
Another Life
Date of publication: 4 February 2025
Updated: 10 February 2025
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Author: 
Philip Roth
Original title: eng. The Counterlife · 1986
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