The Breast
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| Author | Philip Roth |
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| Released | 1972 |
| Media type | hardcover, paperback |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0679749012 ISBN 978-0679749011 |
The Breast (1972) is a novella by Philip Roth, in which the main character, David Kepesh, becomes a 155-pound breast. Throughout the book we see Kepesh fighting with himself. Part of him wishes to give into bodily wishes, while the other part of him wants to be reasonable. In many ways this book has a lot in common with Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis. David, throughout the novel, describes the various sexual and physical feelings he has while people handle him, he initiates sex with his girlfriend, and while he is by himself. The descriptions of his transformations were very shocking to some readers. The graphic and frank commentary David Kepesh makes is almost unreadably embarrassing for some people. Despite its strong sexual content, it was still a bestselling book.
