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What does /lit/ think of Philip Roth?

Please no /pol/ memes.

>> No.8541822

>>8541813

He likes his name to be in an EXTRA BIG BOLD FONT preferably Arial.

>> No.8541834

Zuckerman Bound trilogy, loved it.

>> No.8541845

>>8541813
Some people swear by him but he doesn't sound all that interesting. I'd read a book by him but the closest library doesn't have any of the ones I've seen praised I don't care enough to buy or download anything by him either.

>> No.8541851

DUDE JEWS LMAO

>> No.8541863
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>>8541822
>Arial
???

>>8541834
Have you read anything else by him? I might need some of his books next semester, so I was wondering whether to get Goodbye, Columbus first or jump into the Zuckerman series.

>> No.8541872

i really liked the dying animal. left me conflicted though. narrator made a great case against the married life but still seemed to end up a decrepit, lonely fucker

>> No.8541876

>>8541863
No, haven't, but Zuckerman Bound, American Trilogy, Sabbath's Theater, and Portnoy's Complaint are supposed to be first-rate Roth.

>> No.8541884

Hi, I'm Philip Roth. Let me tell you how hard it is being a straight, white, Jewish male.

>> No.8541896

>>8541884
It's hard simply being human. If you don't believe that, you don't have enough empathy and imagination to be a writer.

>> No.8541925

>>8541896
Chad would disagree.

>> No.8541957

Joseph Roth is a hell of a lot better

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8541994

>>8541884
>white
>Jewish

>> No.8541997

>>8541925
You don't speak for Chad m8.