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Philip Roth

"Elegy" for a topless bombshell "Elegy" for a topless bombshell
Penélope Cruz gets art-history naked and Ben Kingsley is diamond-brilliant in an overly pretty film adaptation of Philip Roth's "Dying Animal."
Andrew O'Hehir Aug 8, 2008
Phallus doesn't live here anymore Phallus doesn't live here anymore
Philip Roth's aging alter ego returns to New York to confront his unrealizable lust and his fear that "reading/writing people" may be finished.
By Brendan Bernhard Oct 4, 2007
Rank insubordination 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.
By Laura Miller May 22, 2006
Roth's historical sin 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.
By Stanley Crouch Oct 11, 2004
"The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth "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.
By Laura Miller Sep 29, 2004
"Passing" and the American dream "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.
By Baz Dreisinger Nov 4, 2003
"The Human Stain" "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.
By Charles Taylor Oct 31, 2003
Philip Roth: The Zuckerman books 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.
By Ken Gordon Mar 26, 2002
Don DeLillo 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.
By Jeffrey MacIntyre Oct 23, 2001
What Chandra Levy didn't know 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.
By Maria Russo Jul 23, 2001
"The Dying Animal" by Philip Roth "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.
By Charles Taylor May 17, 2001
The selfish man 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.
By David Thomson May 4, 2001
Philip Roth
"Portnoy's Complaint"
By Philip Roth Oct 5, 2000
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.
By Charles Taylor Apr 24, 2000
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.
By Erica Jong Aug 16, 1999
I Married A Communist
Scott McLemee reviews 'I Married a Communist' by Philip Roth
By Scott McLemee Sep 29, 1998
twilight of the old goats
Salon magazine: Mailer, Roth and Bellow refuse to go quietly. By D.T. Max
By D.T. Max May 16, 1997
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