Conversation: Philip Roth

11-10-2004

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News & Politics

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[krtina455]

Time to update that computer, Philip.

[geniuschristie]

"Theres a lot of brilliance locked up in all those books in the library"

thanks for posting this

[ionvkch]

why do the anchor and the journalist asking the questions look like satanists, or at least like people who would eat children.. you can't tell me they do not look thoroughly evil lol

[AhmadiyyatCentenary]

@donquixotion He's not dead.

[donquixotion]

rip Philip Roth you will be missed.

[pawsoned]

Ok, I admit. This one book I haven't read because I couldn't get hold of it. But my opinion is based on reading a substantial number of his works. And as far as I'm concerned he wrote only few 'good or worthwhile books', especially in the later stage of his career. I think your praise is somewhat overblown because his characters are just clones obsessed with erotomania and the books that I've read do not cut the mustard, so to speak. So it beats me why do some people praise his mediocre novels.

[CastleRockFan]

@pawsoned Two words, my friend: Sabbath's Theater.

Your argument is invalid.

As far as I'm concerned, there is no American writer alive today, save perhaps for Pynchon, or maybe Cormac McCarthy, worthy of the kind of praise Roth has received. He deserves the Nobel, I think.

Just my opinion, though.

[jimberkt]

@orevla a lot of older writers do. This is because you spend so much of your youth sitting writing that you develop haemorrhoids and have to write standing up.

[pawsoned]

Roth is overrated and his writing is either boring or offensive. He achieved fame by provoking a scandal - what a cheap trick. His writing became better (but not great) in the 90s. He is overrated as far as I'm concerned.

[orevla]

Hemingway wrote standing up as well