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Nearly Sane

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Philip Roth dead
« on: May 23, 2018, 07:18:03 AM »
Undoubtedly a  significant writer but I am not sure quite how he will be thought of in the future.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44220189
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Walt Zingmatilder

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Re: Philip Roth dead
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2018, 08:35:16 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 23, 2018, 07:18:03 AM
Undoubtedly a  significant writer but I am not sure quite how he will be thought of in the future.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44220189
I am reminded of the person who said they would have liked to have met Philip Roth but wouldn't have wanted to shake his hand.
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Re: Philip Roth dead
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2018, 12:50:25 PM »
I read 'The Human Stain' some years ago and thought it was so excellent I read it again more than once & recommended it to others, apart from that I knew nothing much about Philip Roth so the link you posted NS is quite a revelation to me. I intend to read more.
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2018, 01:06:28 PM »
It is a wide spread of work. If you enjoyed it the Human Stain, then the other Zuckerman novels would be a good place to start. Portnoy's Complaint is where I started with its scabrous reputation, many many years ago.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Roth
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2018, 02:43:29 PM »
His reputation has gone up stratospherically, often spoken of as the greatest American novelist, period.   I don't know him well enough to comment really, but generally, you get a further rise after death, and then a crash.    I think Hemingway has crashed.  Seems incredible he didn't get the Nobel. 

Just a week after Tom Wolfe died, help, I feel old.
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Robbie

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Re: Philip Roth dead
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2018, 07:30:16 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 23, 2018, 01:06:28 PM
It is a wide spread of work. If you enjoyed it the Human Stain, then the other Zuckerman novels would be a good place to start. Portnoy's Complaint is where I started with its scabrous reputation, many many years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Roth

I've made a note, thanks.
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2018, 04:46:20 PM »
Interesting comment in the Guardian today that one reason that Roth didn't win the Nobel, was that his portrayal of women was poor, i.e. wooden and objectified.   As I said, I don't know enough.  The same criticism has been made made of Lawrence Durrell, who I do read quite a lot, but then most of his characters seem bizarre and implausible, which adds to the fun and insanity of it.   But then he is a ravishing prose writer, which some people say of Roth.
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