A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection. — Philip Roth, American Pastoral
A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection. — Philip Roth, American Pastoral
A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection. — Philip Roth, American Pastoral
A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection. — Philip Roth, American Pastoral
A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection. — Philip Roth, American Pastoral
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A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection.

— Philip Roth, American Pastoral
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