Philip Roth
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Turns out Roy Hodgson likes Philip Roth and John Updike: this endears him to me, though I don't know if they can play together in midfield
I’ve got quite a voracious appetite. I enjoy the classics or good story-tellers. I’ve read nearly all of those who have won the Nobel Prize. I like Philip Roth, John Updike and Richard Yates. I had a period where I read a lot of Czech literature, the likes of Milan Kundera and Ivan Klima. I like German writers, too, such as Hermann Hesse.
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National Book Festival announces lineup of authors
-- Novelist Philip Roth , Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year.The Library of Congress Read more »
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What Obama Understands About Jews
exactly introduce one to Judaism). But Obama does know more about American Jewishness. This is a man, after all, who has read Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Leon Uris and David Grossman (an Israeli writer popular among American Jews) and was influenced by Saul 12:14 PM from The Daily Beast Read more »
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Why Is 'Portnoy's Complaint' Such An Enduring Novel?
Roth's Portnoy's Complaint was a prodigy's most sensational fiction, not coincidentally about a prodigiously articulate hero. We remember Alex Portnoy impaling with pitiless thrusts invasive mothers, plugged-up fathers, dizzying women in heat. We remember 10:23 AM from The Huffington Post Read more »
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National Book Festival writers listed
—Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year. The Library of Congress from Abilene Reporter News Read more »
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Philip Roth Clears Up His 'Crack-Up'
Atlantic's Joseph O'Neill penned an essay about the novelist Philip Roth for the April issue (please go on and read the whole thing), and included this sentence: "As for the personal, Roth, though evidently blessed with decent health, has not enjoyed immunity from The Atlantic Read more »
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Queen's Jubilee guest list raises eyebrows
Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this...More >> Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey from KLTV Read more »
