Slog - Comments on Roth's Indignation http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/roths_indignation As last week's Stranger sets in the west, I'd like to call your attention to Sean Nelson's lovely books lead, about Philip Roth. Nelson is one of the best readers of Roth I've ever met; he's got an almost-instinctual understanding of how the man's books work. Here's a sentence: One of the perils of being a close Roth reader is the often-irresistible assumption that he spends his life conjuring up ways to tantalize his audience by blurring the distinction between autobiography and fiction. In a time when Nobel literature heads are saying America doesn't produce word-class literature, it's good... Copyright 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:50 -0800 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:22:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cindy I love his books.....true I wondered where fiction ended and autobiography began. "everyman" was my favorite because it treated the decay of the human body with such honesty.....great read...

]]> Cindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/roths_indignation#c1157656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/roths_indignation#c1157656 Books Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:41:03 -0800 Comment by The Incredible Sulk @2 FTW!

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

]]> The Incredible Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/roths_indignation#c1157765 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/roths_indignation#c1157765 Books Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:11:30 -0800 Comment by TVDinner "Instinctual?" C'mon, Paul, are you TRYING to be pretentious? In a world where the smarty-pants Nobel nerds are criticizing Americans for our second-rate literature, at least stand up and own our vocabulary.

Americans, Mister Constant, say "instinctive." Pansy-assed, BBC-listenin' Brits say, "Instinctual."

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