Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever writen. Philip Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father -famous for his vigour, his charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections -battles with the brain tumour that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life. -4ème de couv.