It is always a treat to hear Philip Roth speak. Another inspring interview here. And Roth's praise of John Updike is truly moving. We are all lucky to have lived at a time when Roth and Updike were publishing their best books.
This man is an inspiration, his style and voice one of the best. He's less prissy than Bellow, his prose has harder knuckles. I love the fact he was inspired by Celine.
Portnoy's complaint - such a great book, I was reading it first during my adolescence bcs of the sex scenes, then in my twenties for a good laugh nd then in thirties bcs it's so wise. I wonde
It's incredible how a writer is able to pull out four mastepieces one after another. Sabbath's Theatre, American Pastoral, I married a comunist, The Human Stain. A genius. One of the best if not the best along with Cormac McCarthy.
I think he was fake struggling to remember the National Book Award. It is probably a studied move he's used repeatedly over the years. That said, he does seem more down to earth and personable than I had expected.
"They didn't try to write like Lord Chesterfield". I loved Roth, but the arrival of his type - a degraded, foreign type, ultimately - heralded the final and steepest decline of something once truly high.
No doubt, he deserves many recognitions for his life time achievements. But a prize for this book? Sure, great style. But the content? Repetitive, sugared over, flawless characters all around.....
A wonderful writer, a master, a great human being as well.
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It is always a treat to hear Philip Roth speak. Another inspring interview here. And Roth's praise of John Updike is truly moving. We are all lucky to have lived at a time when Roth and Updike were publishing their best books.
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You never read Rabbit then.
That interviewer seems very nervous, bless him.
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He is truly worth to win the Nobel immediately!
Sadly, it isn't going to happen. He is a Jewish, Male, White, Straight, American writer.
huh, sounds kinda like Bob Dylan, to me....
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Celebrity...
I can't believe they gave it to Bob Dylan and not Roth. The Sweeds must have decided to mock the USA.
They're more likely to give it to a black, indigenous, transgender lesbian in a wheelchair who once talked about writing a book.
This man is an inspiration, his style and voice one of the best. He's less prissy than Bellow, his prose has harder knuckles. I love the fact he was inspired by Celine.
Portnoy's complaint - such a great book, I was reading it first during my adolescence bcs of the sex scenes, then in my twenties for a good laugh nd then in thirties bcs it's so wise. I wonde
Heard of Mr. Philip & Saul Bellow but haven't read many novels of any of them. Engrossing interview
It's incredible how a writer is able to pull out four mastepieces one after another. Sabbath's Theatre, American Pastoral, I married a comunist, The Human Stain. A genius. One of the best if not the best along with Cormac McCarthy.
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@peterkelnerxd7009 why do you think Roth is a greater writer than McCarthy?
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Opinions aren’t facts, lad.
Genius writer.
Cheers for uploading this.
Could you imagine Philip Roth giving a flying F- about winning a Booker Prize. LMAO.
you are definitively right.
I think he was fake struggling to remember the National Book Award. It is probably a studied move he's used repeatedly over the years. That said, he does seem more down to earth and personable than I had expected.
Thank you 'webofstories' for that info about Philip Roth. Sounds interesting.
His books are great, and his interviews should be studied
"They didn't try to write like Lord Chesterfield".
I loved Roth, but the arrival of his type - a degraded, foreign type, ultimately - heralded the final and steepest decline of something once truly high.
No doubt, he deserves many recognitions for his life time achievements. But a prize for this book? Sure, great style. But the content? Repetitive, sugared over, flawless characters all around.....
@CastleRockFan Yes, I've always been intrigued by Roth.
I'm already annoyed by the interviewer. Is he writing an essay or doing an interview?
show PR, not the interviewer.
Interviewer-shut up and let him talk.