Philip Roth, 1933-2018

May 23, 2018 | 1 book mentioned 1

Beloved American novelist Philip Roth has died at age 85. Author of more than two dozen novels, including Goodbye, Columbus, Portnoy’s Complaint, and American Pastoral, Roth garnered every accolade (except, famously, The Nobel–read our plea to the Swedish Academy here), and his passing marks the end of an era in American letters.

Some Roth pieces from our archives:
An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee
Ten Lessons from the Professor of Desire
Staff Pick: Sabbath’s Theater
Philip Roth’s Bleak Theater
Life and Counterlife

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