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The New York Times Book Review's list of the best American novels of the past 25 years revives the threadbare "greatness sweepstakes" view of literature.
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The New York Times Book Review's list of the best American novels of the past 25 years revives the threadbare "greatness sweepstakes" view of literature.
Monday, May 22, 2006 9:50 PM UTC 25In "The Plot Against America," the great novelist imagines a 1940s America devoured by anti-Semitism -- ignoring the brutal anti-black bigotry that actually existed.
Monday, Oct 11, 2004 8:00 PM UTCIn his most believable novel in years, Philip Roth imagines a 1940s America where Charles Lindbergh unseats FDR and the nation descends into vicious anti-Semitism.
Wednesday, Sep 29, 2004 8:00 PM UTCThese days we're supposed to think race doesn't matter. But as "The Human Stain" and a raft of recent writing makes clear, we're just as fascinated by its slippery boundaries as ever.
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2003 8:00 PM UTCAnthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman team up for a decent, sincere big-screen fable -- but the scourging fury of Philip Roth's novel is nowhere in sight.
Friday, Oct 31, 2003 9:00 PM UTCOver 21 years, eight novels and 2,200 pages, the titan of American writing has published the most ambitious literary series of our time.
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2002 9:00 PM UTCAmerica's premier novelist of ideas has long anticipated a world in which spectacle and terror would achieve totemic significance in our everyday lives.
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2001 7:33 PM UTCToday's writers see affairs between younger women and older men as ambiguous transactions that sometimes lead to tragedy.
Monday, Jul 23, 2001 10:54 PM UTCIn the author's new novel, carnal pursuits are all-consuming as a 62-year-old professor beds his 24-year-old student.
Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:00 PM UTCPhilip Roth's latest character gets all hot and bothered over his gorgeous young Cuban lover, but he never loses control -- that's the problem.
Friday, May 4, 2001 7:26 PM UTCAt the top of his form, Philip Roth delivers an astounding novel about three issues that make Americans crazy: Race, sex and Monica.
Monday, Apr 24, 2000 4:00 PM UTCThe author of "Fear of Flying" selects six novels for those who believe that the brain is the most important erogenous zone.
Monday, Aug 16, 1999 4:00 PM UTCScott McLemee reviews 'I Married a Communist' by Philip Roth
Tuesday, Sep 29, 1998 7:00 PM UTCDwight Garner reviews the events in book publishing in 1997
Wednesday, Dec 24, 1997 8:00 PM UTCSalon magazine: Mailer, Roth and Bellow refuse to go quietly. By D.T. Max
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