This time the man felled by age and infirmity is Simon Axler, an actor who suffers a breakdown while portraying Prospero and Macbeth in repertory.

此次因年老和自身弱点而没落的主人公是西蒙·埃克斯勒。 他是一名演员，在轮演剧目中扮演普洛斯比罗和麦克白时惨遭失败。

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She is 25 years younger than Axler, and until she meets him she had been a lesbian.

ECONOMIST: Philip Roth's new novel

This time the man felled by age and infirmity is Simon Axler, an actor who suffers a breakdown while portraying Prospero and Macbeth in repertory.

ECONOMIST: Philip Roth's new novel

The breakdown is equally sudden and inexplicable, and Mr Roth scores a palpable hit by showing that Axler's sudden and unexplained recovery is fundamentally no less terrifying.

ECONOMIST: Philip Roth's new novel