The Breast (1972) by Philip Roth
b'S2E14\\xa0Continuing our exploration of literary metamorphoses, this week we look at David Alan Kepesh, a literature professor inexplicably transformed into a woman\'s breast in this 1972 novella by Philip Roth. Unlike Gregor Samsa, Kepesh is aware of the literary heritage of metamorphoses, making this transformation painfully self-conscious. Is the novel a sly dig at Roth\'s critics? Is the work, as Martin Amis believes, "comic in shape but only glancingly comic in execution"? Listen in to find out.\\xa0\\n@earreadthis\\nearreadthis@gmail.com\\nfacebook.com/earreadthis\\nMusic: "Not Drunk" by the Joy Drops.'