Category Archives: Philip Roth
Goodbye, Philip Roth
It’s been awhile since I last blogged, and this is primarily due to laziness. But in the interim, I have been reading quite a bit, and over the next several days I hope to catch up a bit with things. … Continue reading
Various and Sundry
I’ve started several narratives over the past couple of days. One of them is Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, which I began listening to in audio form. It’s been awhile since I’ve picked up a McCarthy novel–the last was Suttree, … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Reading
A Thanksgiving message to all my friends, provided by the always incisive, and often ironic, Philip Roth in his Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral: “[I]t was never but once a year that they were brought together anyway, and that was on … Continue reading
Nemesis…follow up
On rereading the ending of Nemesis, I was struck by the difference in tone from that of his other recent novels. The final image of Bucky stands out as somewhat upbeat…or if not upbeat, then at least not depressing or … Continue reading
Nemesis
I’m reading Philip Roth’s new novella, Nemesis, for the second time. I like the book, and in many ways, I find it different from Roth’s other novels. (For example, there is not one detailed or explicit sex scene in the … Continue reading