The Prague Orgy Explained

The Prague Orgy
Author:Philip Roth
Country:United States
Language:English
Series:Zuckerman Bound trilogy
Subject:Totalitarianism, Struggle of artists
Genre:Novella
Publisher:Jonathan Cape
Pub Date:1985
Media Type:Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Preceded By:"The Anatomy Lesson"

The Prague Orgy (1985) is a novella by Philip Roth. The short book is the epilogue to his trilogy Zuckerman Bound. The story follows Roth's alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, on a journey to Communist Prague in 1976 seeking the unpublished manuscripts of a Yiddish writer. The book, presented as journal entries by Zuckerman, details the struggle of demoralized artists in a totalitarian society.