--- product_id: 13975836 title: "Sabbath's Theater" brand: "philip roth" price: "AED 89" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/13975836-sabbaths-theater store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Sabbath's Theater **Brand:** philip roth **Price:** AED 89 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Sabbath's Theater by philip roth - **How much does it cost?** AED 89 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/13975836-sabbaths-theater) ## Best For - philip roth enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted philip roth brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Sabbath's Theater ## Images ![Sabbath's Theater - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61YoYK32FUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars One Paradigm *by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2010* This book contains one of the best portrayals of addiction there is. On a par with Under the Volcano. Just as Under the Volcano gave nearly as much time to the Consul's release as to his pain in his last day, this book revels in the pleasure that Mickey got in his last days remembered and otherwise - and it's not trivial, but awe-inspiringly transgressive fun. Of course, "addiction" is only one of the paradigms that one might use to analyze the book, but I believe the ferocity of Sabbath's pursuit of his path is unmistakeable. His wife's recovery, portrayed as a shallow - or worse, uninteresting - quest in Mickey's eyes, is a sly commentary on this issue, perhaps. And more often than not, use of the word "addiction" is neither analytical or descriptive. It's a terribly determinative word for a novel, comic or tragic. Nevertheless, it's clear that addiction/allergy is a progressive condition - ultimately fatal to all relationships, including the one between the addict and himself. By never taking the issue on directly or dealing in pat diagnoses, bromidic solutions, easy generalizations and the like, Roth makes the "predictable" downward spiral so much more powerful and inescapably human. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars A nasty masterpiece *by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2011* Be warned that this is a nasty literary accomplishment. The energy of the book is outstanding, the writing masterful, the insights are unnerving, and the sex is outrageous. Philip Roth has created a character with the wild abandon of the god Pan, as if Freud's Id turned into a 62 year old scandal plagued unemployed over weight Jewish man. Mickey Sabbath is one of the most amazing characters in 20th century literature, a wild version of the forces of Eros, enjoying all forms of sexual adventures while fighting against the final curtain. Mickey Sabbath is not a lovable character by any stretch of the imagination. He is rude, ungrateful, predatory, manipulative, confrontive, and pleasure driven. As I read the book I never could shake the perception that Mickey Sabbath is not a character study so much as Phillip Roth's exploration of these life forces raging against the absurdity of death using his own perceptions of human nature. He is a personality so large that he almost ceases to be a personality and becomes more of a force of nature. However unlike the sociopath forces of nature characters that populate Cormac McCarthy's novels, Mickey is full of sarcasm and hysteria. The energy never lets up in this book, which made me feel as if I had read 450 pages of recent disasters as I finished the book. Mickey Sabbath's life is a disaster and he has made mistake upon mistake in his dealings with other humans. Some of the sex acts will be shocking to some readers but I thought Roth included them because he did want to shock the reader to some extent, shock the reader into seeing the extremely wide range of sexual desires and acts that encompass the human condition. Further, Roth repeatedly shows characters overcoming resistance to some taboo behavior that liberates the character is some manner while also extolling a price for the new knowledge.Mickey Sabbath, a 62 year old abject failure, lives on his wife's tiny teacher's salary because he was fired from a college position after an extremely filthy tape of his conversations with one of his students is found and given to the college President. This crisis sends his secretive alcohol wife, Roseanne, into a tailspin which lands her in detox. The story is told in a number of flash-back recollections of the many failures of this fellow, who keeps on failing, one mistake after another, as if life is a constant recovery process from the mistakes we bring upon ourselves due to the human condition and the desires and emotions and obsessions which we can not control. It is Roth's strength that he contrasts Roseanne's recovery through a 12-step program with Mickey's continued hysterical self-destruction binge. Peace and sanity are not for Mickey and he deviously tries to undermine Roseanne. I found this aspect of the book far more disturbing than the sexuality. I finally came to the conclusion that Mickey views serenity as based on false premises, and that the most honest position is one of outright rage and predatory lust. Few can maintain that level of intensity but Roth gives us 450 pages of action that can only be described as hysterical (in both meanings of the word).It is the death of his long time lover, Drenka that unhinges Mickey, a man who was already unhinged. He begins a journey of destruction while evoking destructive memories from his wild past. The switching from past to present is superbly written and even if the actions are wild and destructive, the writing is perfect and keeps the reader on target at all times. The novel is masterful, exploring the human spirit running and raging against the coming of the night. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Makes “Portnoy’s Complaint” seem like a children’s book.. *by C***Z on Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2023* This exquisitely crafted book is about an erotomaniac— a man preoccupied with sex, and his own family past. It’s a challenging read, ultimately, very moving, but not for the kiddies. It’s not prurient; it’s sad. 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