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Articles tagged "philip roth"Books ReviewThe Humbling by Philip Rothby Christopher Guerin[10.Nov.09] :. Simon Axler, a stage and screen actor of near legendary stature, has earned the “reputation as the last of the best of the classical American stage actors.” The novel begins: “He’d lost his magic.” Books ReviewInvisible by Paul Austerby Michael Antman[29.Oct.09] :. Paul Auster is a spellbinding storyteller, sometimes thanks to, and other times in spite of, his post-modern narrative trickery. NewsNew novel takes Philip Roth back to collegeby Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][8.Oct.08] :. Philip Roth excavates and reimagines his life the way Balzac channeled Paris, Dickens reproduced London, and, perhaps most aptly, Heinrich Schliemann dug up Troy—as if his now 75 years...  Books ReviewThe Shape of Things to Come by Greil Marcusby Erika Nanes[14.Feb.08] :. Convinced as I was by Marcus' readings, I couldn't help noticing that the primary subjects of all four chapters were works produced by white men: Philip Roth, David Lynch, Bill Pullmanm and David Thomas.  Books ReviewExit Ghost by Philip Rothby Michael Antman[8.Oct.07] :. No one can complain that Philip Roth, of all authors, is politically correct, or that he pretends to be something other than his highly sexualized, readily outraged, and coruscatingly intelligent self.  Books ReviewTwenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocellaby Bradford R. Pilcher[11.Jun.07] :. Acocella's volume represents the hard word of creativity in the embodiment of a critic's perspective and finds something coherent in the chaos of art. The Yiddish Policemens Union by Michael Chabonby Chris Barsanti[22.May.07] :. Michael Chabon finally unleashes the genre storyspinner who has been lurking inside him all these years. Everyman by Philip Rothby Steve Shymanik[23.May.06] :. Everyman is of a piece with Roth's oeuvre and yet somehow distinct and unique. |
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