Roth is a terrible Liberal. Like most novelists. However, he is an incredible writer. Sabbath's Theatre, The Human Stain, American Pastoral and to a lesser extent I Married A Communist are his best novels. Truly outstanding. The Plot Against America is also good. The other novels he wrote are either extremely depressing or boring. Accusations of misogyny might be justified. He is still a genius.
THANK YOU. Terrific interview of a great soul. 27:00---Is Roth's book on the Korea/Vietnam period meant to be relevant to the Iraq War generation? How could it not be? America keeps making the same dumbass imperial mistakes.
Indignation is so savagely good that I had to take a break before reading another Roth novel Roth is the greatest living American novelist I don't think anyone comes close
+vivascargills1084 Yet--the Nobel Committee refuses to recognize the obvious. Roth is too erotic, too Jewish (they are forced to award Jewish scientists and economists, but they don't want to recognize Jewish novelists. It was tough enough for them to recognize Bellow and Singer. Now, they worry about the Jewish writer's connection to Israel, the country that a globe of anti-Semites wants to marginalize, if not destroy, to demonstrate an acute piety that is more a PR position than a felt reality), too fucking brilliant. The committee's dedication, over 30 years of choosing fiction winners who are second-rate, has become an old glove, and a protective habit.
Nobel is worthless... the real treasure is being remembered. It's the duty of those who read him to do so.. I think he will not be forgotten in the long run.
@@pasqualified Seriously. Any organization that could award Obama the Peace Prize after 1-2 months in office can't in any way be taken seriously. Hell, Obama went on to brag about being good at killing people, to kill thousands of innocent people with his drone program, to keep prosecuting the two wars he promised to end, and to start 5 new wars, and in his acceptance speech he said sometimes you have to commit violence to bring peace.
Per the Big Mendelson story that Mr. Roth tells here: I recall the actor Bruce Weitz taking part in a scene with a similar content and outcome when he played the part of an undercover police officer in the 1980s TV series HILL STREET BLUES. That said, Mr. Roth knows that a good joke can stand the odd telling, or retelling. Sorry to see he's chosen to retire. Please give it another thought, Mr. Roth!
It must have been difficult for Roth to have to sit through this interview with a pseudo-intellectual. Speaking in halting tones, and replacing terms like "after death" with "post-mortal", aren't stand-ins for true intellect.
Such an amazing literary architect and so many stunning situations, dialogues and turns of phrase….a colossus
Read this book. I plan to read it again.
Roth is a terrible Liberal. Like most novelists. However, he is an incredible writer. Sabbath's Theatre, The Human Stain, American Pastoral and to a lesser extent I Married A Communist are his best novels. Truly outstanding. The Plot Against America is also good. The other novels he wrote are either extremely depressing or boring. Accusations of misogyny might be justified. He is still a genius.
My Life as Man Is a wonderful novel.
Sir Roth, you is a genius.I loved Indignation so much.
With all due respect to Alice Munro, but Philip Roth was more deserving of the Nobel.
Liberalviewer1 there have been less deserving than Munro to win it throughout Roth's career
Roth is beyond Nobel
THANK YOU. Terrific interview of a great soul. 27:00---Is Roth's book on the Korea/Vietnam period meant to be relevant to the Iraq War generation? How could it not be? America keeps making the same dumbass imperial mistakes.
Thank you to 'kolbester' for this wonderful interview with Philip Roth.
Indignation is so savagely good that I had to take a break before reading another Roth novel Roth is the greatest living American novelist I don't think anyone comes close
+vivascargills1084 Yet--the Nobel Committee refuses to recognize the obvious. Roth is too erotic, too Jewish (they are forced to award Jewish scientists and economists, but they don't want to recognize Jewish novelists. It was tough enough for them to recognize Bellow and Singer. Now, they worry about the Jewish writer's connection to Israel, the country that a globe of anti-Semites wants to marginalize, if not destroy, to demonstrate an acute piety that is more a PR position than a felt reality), too fucking brilliant. The committee's dedication, over 30 years of choosing fiction winners who are second-rate, has become an old glove, and a protective habit.
Nobel is worthless... the real treasure is being remembered. It's the duty of those who read him to do so.. I think he will not be forgotten in the long run.
Savagely good? Why are fiction readers such poseurs, using such stilted, awkward language?
@@sapereaude3748 How the HELL do you know their motives?
@@pasqualified Seriously. Any organization that could award Obama the Peace Prize after 1-2 months in office can't in any way be taken seriously. Hell, Obama went on to brag about being good at killing people, to kill thousands of innocent people with his drone program, to keep prosecuting the two wars he promised to end, and to start 5 new wars, and in his acceptance speech he said sometimes you have to commit violence to bring peace.
Roth is a powerful writer.
Thank you for posting.
Great interview.
This book made a good movie.
Per the Big Mendelson story that Mr. Roth tells here: I recall the actor Bruce Weitz taking part in a scene with a similar content and outcome when he played the part of an undercover police officer in the 1980s TV series HILL STREET BLUES. That said, Mr. Roth knows that a good joke can stand the odd telling, or retelling. Sorry to see he's chosen to retire. Please give it another thought, Mr. Roth!
Such bad video. Blurry
It must have been difficult for Roth to have to sit through this interview with a pseudo-intellectual. Speaking in halting tones, and replacing terms like "after death" with "post-mortal", aren't stand-ins for true intellect.
Back in the days when men's dress shirts still had attractive vertical collars, not this disgusting spread collar crap that they sell guys today.
Roth was a manly clotheshorse, to thrilling effect. Right now: am on last pages of Volume 1 of Library of America's Roth series.
@@rubyparchment5523 Let us hope that the fashion pendulum swings back in the other direction --- and soon!
Elvis was drafted in 1958 in order to go to occupied Gahminy.
Immoderate grief. Oh, please.
Sounds like he kind of ripped off "Jacob's Ladder" and "Mulholland Drive" with this book.
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