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Apr 19, 2021 · A Roth protagonist is, almost definitionally, extremely passive: a perfectly good, totally fine man trying to live his life in peace when something outrageous happens to him. And that’s true ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Roth, who thought of religion as fairy tales and illusion, left strict instructions: no Kaddish, no God, no speeches. Roth had asked a range of friends to read passages from his novels.
Most of all, though, apart from his legendary discipline as a tireless multi-draft-hewing craftsman, Roth's odysseys – good, bad and ugly – revolves around women.
On the sentence level, it's excellent. Sometimes, due to the nature of the genre, it gets a bit redundant, but the sentence work is good. Essentially, it's a spy thriller which is metanarrative, part h is topical narrative, part comedy, part surrealist, part moral quandary. Nemesis is very good as well and best read as a bookend to Goodbye ...
May 15, 2000 · Roth is a storyteller who believes in getting quickly to the problem, to a character’s predicament, and, in “The Human Stain,” in a voice unmistakable for its directness and outrage, he swiftly...
May 23, 2018 · Philip Roth, who died on Tuesday at the age of 85, was a prolific, protean and often blackly comic novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th century literature. The cause was congestive heart...
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May 23, 2018 · Philip Roth’s legacy of acclaim and notoriety, explained in 5 novels. The Pulitzer-winning novelist’s vital, vibrant career spanned decades. Here’s where to start.
