Ask me about the work of Philip Roth

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can the next thread about gender issues also be titled "ask me about the work of philip roth"

mustread guy (schlump), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link

That’s a blurb that would sell books: “‘well written but sickeningly filthy’ — H. R. Haldeman.”

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link

I recently accused a writer of a particularly bad Tablet Mag piece of "masturbating into a piece of liver"

Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

He comes across as a self important bore in that interview. Still, I definitely agree that measuring a literary work against some prefab ideological framework is not just boring but also isn't "reading" in the highest sense of the word. He makes this argument in a sort of self-serving way and with little awareness or sympathy for the reasons people feel compelled to call out instances where they feel a writer is perpetuating corrosive attitudes though, so fuck him.

Treeship, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link

two years pass...

i read Indignation recently after seeing the trailer for the movie. I couldn't make heads or tails what the thing was about, so I read it on a plane and enjoyed it quite a bit. Quick read. Saw that there's an American Pastoral movie coming out in October, bit of a longer book, thoughts on that one?

flappy bird, Friday, 12 August 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link


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