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Sabbath's Theater is a novel by Philip Roth about the exploits of 64-year-old Mickey Sabbath. It won the 1995 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. The cover is a detail of Sailor and Girl (1925) by German painter Otto Dix.
Jan 1, 2001 · Sabbath's Theater is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. At sixty-four Sabbath is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous; sex is an obsession and a principle, an instrument of perpetual misrule in his daily existence.
Sep 10, 1995 · The bare bones of character and story are as follows: Morris (Mickey) Sabbath, a 64-year-old ex-puppeteer with fingers now crippled by arthritis, has lived for decades in a rural New England...
Oct 25, 2023 · The New Group production of “Sabbath’s Theater,” adapted by John Turturro and Ariel Levy, leans into the novel’s frank depictions of unbounded lust and gleeful disloyalty. Vincent Tullo ...
A comprehensive study guide for Philip Roth's controversial novel about Mickey Sabbath, a sixty-four-year-old womanizer and nihilist. Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and literary devices of this rich and complex work.
Nov 3, 2023 · Sabbath’s Theater. John Turturro begins the New Group’s “Sabbath’s Theater ” with his pants down. He ends it with his pants off. In between, he masturbates on his lover’s grave, wears a pair of...
A novel by Philip Roth about a former puppeteer and sexual deviant who faces personal losses and suicide. The book explores his flashbacks, affairs, and encounters with death in a dark and tragic comedy.
