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Philip Roth : stung by life /

Philip Roth (1933-2018) is one of the most celebrated American writers of his age. Born in Newark, New Jersey, where his short stories and thirty-one books were often set, he wrote with immense ambition and drive, along with a keen awareness of what must be done to produce great literature. Yet desp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zipperstein, Steven J., 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2025].
Series:Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Subjects:
Roth, Philip.
Roth, Philip > Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Jewish authors > United States > Biography.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Father, mother, family
  • Genesis
  • Indignation
  • Goodbye
  • Apprenticeship
  • Marjorie Morningsickness
  • Hocker
  • Portnoy
  • Grand old man of letters
  • "Thinness of culture"
  • Lonoff
  • "Fuck the middle ground"
  • Facts
  • "He understood ... only what he understood"
  • Maletta
  • America
  • "Old age is a massacre"
  • Horror at home
  • Everyman
  • Ghost writer.