Rank insubordination
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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Philip Roth
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Roth’s historical sin
In "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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Books
“The Plot Against America” by Philip Roth
In 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 UTCEntertainment Fiction, Philip Roth
“Passing” and the American dream
These 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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Nonfiction, Books
“The Human Stain”
Anthony 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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Movies
Philip Roth: The Zuckerman books
Over 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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth
Don DeLillo
America'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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth
What Chandra Levy didn’t know
Today'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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Infidelity, Books
“The Dying Animal” by Philip Roth
In 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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Books
The selfish man
Philip 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 UTCLife Sex, Philip Roth, Love and Sex
Life and life only
At 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 UTCEntertainment Bill Clinton, Philip Roth
Smart and sexy
The 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 UTCEntertainment Philip Roth
I Married A Communist
Scott McLemee reviews 'I Married a Communist' by Philip Roth
Tuesday, Sep 29, 1998 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Books
The year in books
Dwight Garner reviews the events in book publishing in 1997
Wednesday, Dec 24, 1997 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Dick Morris, Philip Roth
twilight of the old goats
Salon magazine: Mailer, Roth and Bellow refuse to go quietly. By D.T. Max
Friday, May 16, 1997 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Philip Roth
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