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The Humbling

Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Released
23 January, 2015

The Humbling is a novel by Philip Roth published in the fall of 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is Roth's 30th book and concerns "an aging stage actor whose empty life is altered by a 'counterplot of unusual erotic desire'."

Author Philip Roth
Published 2009
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Preceded by Indignation
Followed by Nemesis

About The Humbling

A stage actor begins a relationship with a sexually confused younger woman as he slowly loses his own mind. The movie was based on Philip Roth's novel of the same name.

Achievement of The Humbling

Barry Levinson directed the movie. It screened as part of the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in addition to the Out of Competition section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Top Facts You Did Not Know About The Humbling

Novels by Philip Roth.. Novels about actors.

Latest information about The Humbling updated on July 28 2021.