A writer unbound
People cared about Portnoy and talked about it endlessly but, by the time Goldfarb picked him up that day, Roth was still considered "the pervy Jewish guy who hates his parents" (in reality, he had a relationship with them that most people would envy) or: "The guy who writes about sex...
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| Published in: | New statesman (1996) 2014-10, Vol.143 (5230), p.67 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | People cared about Portnoy and talked about it endlessly but, by the time Goldfarb picked him up that day, Roth was still considered "the pervy Jewish guy who hates his parents" (in reality, he had a relationship with them that most people would envy) or: "The guy who writes about sex and doesn't like women, right?" What's amazing is that it took almost until the new millennium, with the publication of Sabbath's Theater and American Pastoral, for Roth's reputation as a serious, engaged and good man - and as the best living novelist in the English language - to be restored. |
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| ISSN: | 1364-7431 1758-924X |