{"product_id":"here-we-are-my-friendship-with-philip-roth-9780143133452","title":"Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply felt, beautifully crafted meditation on friendship and loss in the vein of \u003ci\u003eA Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, and a touching portrait of Philip Roth from his closest friend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e When I entered the examining room twenty minutes after our arrival at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Philip said, No more books. Thus he announced his retirement.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins Benjamin Taylor's \u003ci\u003eHere We Are\u003c\/i\u003e, the unvarnished portrait of his best friend and one of America's greatest writers. Philip Roth's place in the canon is secure, but less clear is what the man himself was like. In Benjamin Taylor's beautifully constructed memoir, we see Roth as a mortal man, experiencing the joys and sorrows of aging, reflecting on his own writing, and doing something we all love to do: passing the time in the company of his closest friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An ode to friendship and its wondrous ability to brighten our lives in unexpected ways, \u003ci\u003eHere We Are\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to a friend in the way that only a writer can. Roth encouraged Taylor to write this book, giving him explicit instructions not to sugarcoat anything and not to publish it until after his death. Taylor's memoir will be the definitive account of Philip Roth as he lived for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143133452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.06w x 0.47d","brand":"Benjamin Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40721535074485,"sku":"9780143133452","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_42854136-ecf4-4193-a0ec-41615e9350d0.jpg?v=1628607006","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/here-we-are-my-friendship-with-philip-roth-9780143133452","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}