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RIP Philip Roth

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Double Down, May 22, 2018.

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  1. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Double Down, May 22, 2018
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  2. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    As a fellow angry NJ Jew, I say RIP.
     
    Webster, May 22, 2018
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  3. britwrit

    britwrit Well-Known Member

    That sucks. Goodbye Columbus is still an incredible short-story collection. I go back and read it every few years.
     
    britwrit, May 23, 2018
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  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    American Pastoral is perfection.
     
    Songbird, May 23, 2018
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  5. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Maybe the greatest of our defining postwar giants.


    (And Chip McGrath pretty well owns the Great American Novelist obituary/sketchbook.)
     
    Azrael, May 23, 2018
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    heyabbott likes this.
  6. John B. Foster

    John B. Foster Well-Known Member

     
    John B. Foster, May 23, 2018
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I wish I had something fresh to say. I really enjoyed his writing. He was prolific, funny in a way I relate to (maybe because I have known his characters throughout my life), and just seemed real, not overly contrived. RIP.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 23, 2018
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  8. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

     
    Steak Snabler, May 23, 2018
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  9. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Sad day. One of my favorites. A great writer and a great mind.
     
    heyabbott, May 23, 2018
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  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Did he hate LeBron too?
     
    Songbird, May 23, 2018
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  11. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    My bet is that he loved Al Attles who went to the same High School as Mr. Roth, Weequahic High School in Newark. Attles was 5 years behind Mr. Roth.
     
    Last edited: May 23, 2018
    heyabbott, May 23, 2018
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  12. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Best American writer of the 20th century in my opinion. I’ve never read anything better than American Pastoral, and Sabbath’s Theater was a close second. And now because he’s dead, he’s stupidly not eligible for the Nobel Prize.
     
    CD Boogie, May 23, 2018
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