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螝伪胃苇谓伪蟼
螚 渭慰委蟻伪 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓慰蠉 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠉 巍慰胃 喂蠂谓畏位伪蟿蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏, 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 蠁慰蟻维 蟺慰蠀 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓蟿喂渭苇蟿蠅蟺慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰, 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚喂未蠀位位喂伪魏萎 伪魏蟻慰纬喂伪位喂维 蟿蠅谓 蟺伪喂未喂魏蠋谓 魏伪位慰魏伪喂蟻喂蠋谓 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪喂, 蟺蔚蟻谓蠋谓蟿伪蟼 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂伪魏维 蟺蟻慰尾位萎渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 蔚蟺伪纬纬蔚位渭伪蟿喂魏苇蟼 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂委蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪魏渭伪委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟻喂渭蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 蠁蟿维谓蔚喂 蠋蟼 蟿伪 纬畏蟻伪蟿蔚喂维 蟿慰蠀, 蠋蟼 蟿畏 蟽蟺伪蟻伪蠂蟿喂魏萎 渭伪蟻蟿蠀蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 蠁胃慰蟻维蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟽蠀谓慰渭畏位委魏蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 未喂魏萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎蟼 魏伪蟿维蟺蟿蠅蟽畏蟼.
螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂畏渭苇谓慰蟼 未喂伪蠁畏渭喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 螡苇伪蟼 违蠈蟻魏畏蟼, 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 未蠉慰 伪纬慰蟻喂蠋谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 纬维渭慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蟺蔚蟻喂蠁蟻慰谓慰蠉谓, 魏伪喂 渭喂伪蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 位伪蟿蟻蔚蠉蔚喂. 螘委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠀伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蟼 伪未蔚位蠁蠈蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 魏伪位慰蠉 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 畏 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蔚蠀蔚尉委伪 蟿慰蠉 蟺蟻慰魏伪位蔚委 蟺喂魏蟻蠈 蠁胃蠈谓慰, 魏伪喂 蟿苇蠅蟼 蟽蠉味蠀纬慰蟼 蟿蟻喂蠋谓 蟺慰位蠉 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠋谓 纬蠀谓伪喂魏蠋谓 蟺慰蠀, 伪蠁慰蠉 蟿伪 '魏伪谓蔚 慰 委未喂慰蟼 胃维位伪蟽蟽伪 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬维渭慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿慰谓 苇蠂慰蠀谓 伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 慰位慰渭蠈谓伪蠂慰. 危蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼, 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 维谓蟿蟻伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇纬喂谓蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 萎胃蔚位蔚 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂.
韦慰 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟿慰蠀 桅委位喂蟺 巍慰胃 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏萎, 蔚尉慰渭慰位慰纬畏蟿喂魏萎, 伪位位维 魏伪喂, 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蠂蟻慰谓伪, 慰喂魏慰蠀渭蔚谓喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蠁蠈尾慰 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀, 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪, 蟿喂蟼 蟿蠉蠄蔚喂蟼, 蟿畏 蟽蟿蠅喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 "危蠀谓蠅渭慰蟽委伪蟼 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏蟼 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏萎蟼" 蟽蟿蟻苇蠁蔚喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽慰蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 "慰未蠀谓畏蟻萎 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽畏 渭喂伪蟼 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂伪蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪" ("The New York Times") 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蠈尾喂伪 伪蠄喂渭伪蠂委伪 蔚谓蠈蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿畏 胃谓畏蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪.
螝蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 维尉慰谓伪蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏慰蠉 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 -蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蔚喂魏慰蟽蟿蠈 苇尾未慰渭慰 蟿慰蠀 巍慰胃 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺苇渭蟺蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏未委未蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 21慰 伪喂蠋谓伪- 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰 蟽蠋渭伪. 螛苇渭伪 蟿慰蠀, 畏 魏慰喂谓萎 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 蟿蟻慰渭慰魏蟻伪蟿蔚委 蠈位慰蠀蟼. 螣 蟿委蟿位慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺伪蟻渭苇谓慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 伪纬纬位喂魏蠈 伪位位畏纬慰蟻喂魏蠈 未蟻维渭伪 伪谓蠅谓蠉渭慰蠀 (蟿苇位畏 15慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪) "Everyman" 萎 "The Summoning of Everyman" ("螝伪胃苇谓伪蟼" 萎 "螚 魏位萎蟿蔚蠀蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螝伪胃苇谓伪"), 慰 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 萎蟻蠅伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰蟺慰委慰蠀, 螝伪胃苇谓伪蟼, 魏伪位蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螛维谓伪蟿慰 谓伪 蔚魏胃苇蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 蟺蔚蟺蟻伪纬渭苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽' 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰.
螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂畏渭苇谓慰蟼 未喂伪蠁畏渭喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 螡苇伪蟼 违蠈蟻魏畏蟼, 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 未蠉慰 伪纬慰蟻喂蠋谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 纬维渭慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蟺蔚蟻喂蠁蟻慰谓慰蠉谓, 魏伪喂 渭喂伪蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 位伪蟿蟻蔚蠉蔚喂. 螘委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠀伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蟼 伪未蔚位蠁蠈蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 魏伪位慰蠉 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 畏 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蔚蠀蔚尉委伪 蟿慰蠉 蟺蟻慰魏伪位蔚委 蟺喂魏蟻蠈 蠁胃蠈谓慰, 魏伪喂 蟿苇蠅蟼 蟽蠉味蠀纬慰蟼 蟿蟻喂蠋谓 蟺慰位蠉 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠋谓 纬蠀谓伪喂魏蠋谓 蟺慰蠀, 伪蠁慰蠉 蟿伪 '魏伪谓蔚 慰 委未喂慰蟼 胃维位伪蟽蟽伪 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬维渭慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿慰谓 苇蠂慰蠀谓 伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 慰位慰渭蠈谓伪蠂慰. 危蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼, 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 维谓蟿蟻伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇纬喂谓蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 萎胃蔚位蔚 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂.
韦慰 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟿慰蠀 桅委位喂蟺 巍慰胃 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏萎, 蔚尉慰渭慰位慰纬畏蟿喂魏萎, 伪位位维 魏伪喂, 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蠂蟻慰谓伪, 慰喂魏慰蠀渭蔚谓喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蠁蠈尾慰 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀, 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪, 蟿喂蟼 蟿蠉蠄蔚喂蟼, 蟿畏 蟽蟿蠅喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 "危蠀谓蠅渭慰蟽委伪蟼 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏蟼 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏萎蟼" 蟽蟿蟻苇蠁蔚喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽慰蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 "慰未蠀谓畏蟻萎 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽畏 渭喂伪蟼 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂伪蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪" ("The New York Times") 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蠈尾喂伪 伪蠄喂渭伪蠂委伪 蔚谓蠈蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿畏 胃谓畏蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪.
螝蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 维尉慰谓伪蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏慰蠉 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 -蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蔚喂魏慰蟽蟿蠈 苇尾未慰渭慰 蟿慰蠀 巍慰胃 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺苇渭蟺蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏未委未蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 21慰 伪喂蠋谓伪- 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰 蟽蠋渭伪. 螛苇渭伪 蟿慰蠀, 畏 魏慰喂谓萎 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 蟿蟻慰渭慰魏蟻伪蟿蔚委 蠈位慰蠀蟼. 螣 蟿委蟿位慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺伪蟻渭苇谓慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 伪纬纬位喂魏蠈 伪位位畏纬慰蟻喂魏蠈 未蟻维渭伪 伪谓蠅谓蠉渭慰蠀 (蟿苇位畏 15慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪) "Everyman" 萎 "The Summoning of Everyman" ("螝伪胃苇谓伪蟼" 萎 "螚 魏位萎蟿蔚蠀蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螝伪胃苇谓伪"), 慰 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 萎蟻蠅伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰蟺慰委慰蠀, 螝伪胃苇谓伪蟼, 魏伪位蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螛维谓伪蟿慰 谓伪 蔚魏胃苇蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 蟺蔚蟺蟻伪纬渭苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽' 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰.
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Philip Roth
301听books7,122听followersPhilip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction鈥攐ften set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey鈥攊s known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of American identity. He first gained attention with the 1959 short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy's Complaint. Nathan Zuckerman, Roth's literary alter ego, narrates several of his books. A fictionalized Philip Roth narrates some of his others, such as the alternate history The Plot Against America.
Roth was one of the most honored American writers of his generation. He received the National Book Critics Circle award for The Counterlife, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Operation Shylock, The Human Stain, and Everyman, a second National Book Award for Sabbath's Theater, and the Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral. In 2005, the Library of America began publishing his complete works, making him the second author so anthologized while still living, after Eudora Welty. Harold Bloom named him one of the four greatest American novelists of his day, along with Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo. In 2001, Roth received the inaugural Franz Kafka Prize in Prague.
Roth was one of the most honored American writers of his generation. He received the National Book Critics Circle award for The Counterlife, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Operation Shylock, The Human Stain, and Everyman, a second National Book Award for Sabbath's Theater, and the Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral. In 2005, the Library of America began publishing his complete works, making him the second author so anthologized while still living, after Eudora Welty. Harold Bloom named him one of the four greatest American novelists of his day, along with Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo. In 2001, Roth received the inaugural Franz Kafka Prize in Prague.
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Everyman, Philip Roth
Everyman is a novel by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin in May 2006. It won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2007. It is Roth's third novel to receive the prize.
The book begins at the funeral of its protagonist. The remainder of the book, which ends with his death, looks mournfully back on episodes from his life, including his childhood, where he and his older brother, Howie, worked in his father's shop, Everyman's Jewelry Store.
He has been married three times, with two sons from his first marriage who resent him for leaving their mother, and one daughter from his second marriage who treats him with kindness and compassion, though he divorced her mother after beginning an affair with a 24-year-old Danish model, who subsequently became his third wife.
Having divorced her as well, he has moved in his old age to a retirement community at the New Jersey shore, where he lives alone and attempts to paint, having passed up a career as an artist early in his life to work in advertising in order to support himself and his family.
The book traces the protagonist's feelings as he gets increasingly old and sick, and his reflections of his own past, which has included his share of misdeeds and mistakes, as he ponders his impending death. ...
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Everyman is a novel by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin in May 2006. It won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2007. It is Roth's third novel to receive the prize.
The book begins at the funeral of its protagonist. The remainder of the book, which ends with his death, looks mournfully back on episodes from his life, including his childhood, where he and his older brother, Howie, worked in his father's shop, Everyman's Jewelry Store.
He has been married three times, with two sons from his first marriage who resent him for leaving their mother, and one daughter from his second marriage who treats him with kindness and compassion, though he divorced her mother after beginning an affair with a 24-year-old Danish model, who subsequently became his third wife.
Having divorced her as well, he has moved in his old age to a retirement community at the New Jersey shore, where he lives alone and attempts to paint, having passed up a career as an artist early in his life to work in advertising in order to support himself and his family.
The book traces the protagonist's feelings as he gets increasingly old and sick, and his reflections of his own past, which has included his share of misdeeds and mistakes, as he ponders his impending death. ...
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April 28, 2024
In addition to my usual translations, I鈥檝e decided to read at least one book by famous authors I have not previously read. So I鈥檒l try Philip Roth. But wait! 鈥� eons ago I read Portnoy鈥檚 Complaint 鈥� didn鈥檛 everyone back then (1969)? Lol.
The review contains mild SPOILERS.
Everyman is a chronicle of the end of the life of a supposedly average man. The story begins with his family and friends gathering for his funeral and ends with his death. He reflects back on his upbringing and his adult life, especially his final years 鈥� retirement, social security, Medicare, hospitalizations, operations.
He has moved out of New York after the events of 9-11 and lives in a 鈥榮enior village鈥� in New Jersey. He takes up art to occupy his empty days. He was a talented painter as a kid but never had time to pursue it as an adult.
He contrasts his numerous health problems with the situation of his older brother who has none, and he鈥檚 envious. The main character is in his early 70鈥檚; his brother mid-70鈥檚. He鈥檚 angry at the gods for his health problems because he tried to do the right things: he never smoked, drinks only moderately, exercises. But he鈥檚 actually angry at his brother for his brother's good health. He watches friends and acquaintances die; some suddenly, some slowly and painfully, some from suicide.
He has several ex鈥檚 and three adult children: two estranged sons and a loving, doting daughter. As he looks back he thinks of himself as (1) a lousy husband who could not be faithful (2) a terrible father (3) an excellent advertising executive who made big money and (4) a mediocre artist. As he looks back over his life, his mantra is: THAT鈥橲 THE WAY I AM, I COULDN鈥橳 HELP MYSELF. Frank Sinatra鈥檚 鈥業 Did it My Way鈥� comes to mind.
He gives art classes at the senior center.
There鈥檚 humor, as when his brother referred to one of his brides, twenty years younger, as 鈥樷€hat titanically ineffective cover girl you married鈥︹€�
It鈥檚 hard for me to rate this book. I am tempted to call it a 鈥榮elf-help manual,鈥� lol, but the author is not really a guy I want to take advice from. It鈥檚 more of a guide to 鈥榳hat to expect as you age.鈥� It reminds me too of John Updike's collection of short stories about aging . I鈥檓 the same age as Roth when he wrote this book in 2006. So, can I expect to live to 85 as Roth (1933-2018) and my father did?
I liked the story; it鈥檚 good but not stellar writing in a literary sense. But I鈥檒l give it a 4, maybe 4.5.
Top photo from picayuneitem.com
Photo from aplaceformom.com
The author from newyorker.com
The review contains mild SPOILERS.
Everyman is a chronicle of the end of the life of a supposedly average man. The story begins with his family and friends gathering for his funeral and ends with his death. He reflects back on his upbringing and his adult life, especially his final years 鈥� retirement, social security, Medicare, hospitalizations, operations.
He has moved out of New York after the events of 9-11 and lives in a 鈥榮enior village鈥� in New Jersey. He takes up art to occupy his empty days. He was a talented painter as a kid but never had time to pursue it as an adult.
He contrasts his numerous health problems with the situation of his older brother who has none, and he鈥檚 envious. The main character is in his early 70鈥檚; his brother mid-70鈥檚. He鈥檚 angry at the gods for his health problems because he tried to do the right things: he never smoked, drinks only moderately, exercises. But he鈥檚 actually angry at his brother for his brother's good health. He watches friends and acquaintances die; some suddenly, some slowly and painfully, some from suicide.
He has several ex鈥檚 and three adult children: two estranged sons and a loving, doting daughter. As he looks back he thinks of himself as (1) a lousy husband who could not be faithful (2) a terrible father (3) an excellent advertising executive who made big money and (4) a mediocre artist. As he looks back over his life, his mantra is: THAT鈥橲 THE WAY I AM, I COULDN鈥橳 HELP MYSELF. Frank Sinatra鈥檚 鈥業 Did it My Way鈥� comes to mind.
He gives art classes at the senior center.
There鈥檚 humor, as when his brother referred to one of his brides, twenty years younger, as 鈥樷€hat titanically ineffective cover girl you married鈥︹€�
It鈥檚 hard for me to rate this book. I am tempted to call it a 鈥榮elf-help manual,鈥� lol, but the author is not really a guy I want to take advice from. It鈥檚 more of a guide to 鈥榳hat to expect as you age.鈥� It reminds me too of John Updike's collection of short stories about aging . I鈥檓 the same age as Roth when he wrote this book in 2006. So, can I expect to live to 85 as Roth (1933-2018) and my father did?
I liked the story; it鈥檚 good but not stellar writing in a literary sense. But I鈥檒l give it a 4, maybe 4.5.
Top photo from picayuneitem.com
Photo from aplaceformom.com
The author from newyorker.com
October 10, 2014
MY STRUGGLE WITH THE WORLD鈥橲 GREATEST LIVING NOVELIST 鈩�
When I checked how many Roth books I鈥檝e read I was shocked. Portnoy鈥檚 Complaint 鈥� okay, it was allegedly quite naughty, so yeah, I read that. Operation Shylock 鈥� okay, that one is brilliant, and may be the source of the problem. It persuaded me that this guy was actually great. Intoxicated with hilarious Jewish self-parody, I swandived into the rest of it. But then came a blow to the head and a solid one to the body 鈥� American Pastoral, what nonsense, and Sabbath鈥檚 Theater, o what bombastic trying-to-shock-us drivel鈥�. And still people that I actually know in real life, never mind those critics chorusing like The Supremes to the tune of Baby Love
Philip Roth, oo Philip Roth
We love you ooo ooo Philip Roth
You鈥檙e one of the really good guys
We are crying out our eyes
Cause you deserve the Nobel Prize
Philip Philip Philip oooo!
kept pressing Roth upon me, in the manner of the French waiter serving Mr Creosote in Monty Python鈥檚 Meaning of Life 鈥� just one leetle after-dinner novel, it鈥檚 verrrrry short, go onnn鈥�. So I read also The Dying Animal and got the usual offensive stuff 鈥� a Goodreader whose name shamefully I cannot recall summed up the entire work of Philip Roth in FIVE WORDS, in a throwaway comment, this is brilliant : Meanwhile, back at the penis鈥� that鈥檚 it. All of Philip Roth鈥檚 work in five words. Meanwhile back at the penis. So after the horrible Dying Animal, goodbye Philip? No, I was again persuaded to give Nemesis a go 鈥� and hey, it was really good! Damn you to hell, Roth. Stop messing with me! And so, heck, one last shake of this dice 鈥� Everyman.
FANFARE : ENTER PENIS STAGE LEFT
Everyman trundles mopily along whining and blathering about old age and its miseries for 107 pages and the penis hardly gets a mention. Okay, good. Let鈥檚 keep it that way. But no, here it is on page 108 and it has the same miraculous powers over young women as it does in previous Roth books. If Roth novels bear any relation to reality, the word should go out to all middle-aged guys : go to New York immediately, 19 year old girls are gagging to shag you. As Daniel Barenboim is with his baton, so shall you be with your penis. All you have to do is turn up in a Manhattan office. Any one will do.
Okay, fortunately the penis doesn鈥檛 stick around too long. Then it鈥檚 back to more moaning and moping.
O MY GOD I鈥橫 OLD AND UGLY AND ILL AND I鈥橫 GONNA DIE ALONE AND IN PAIN
That could be the subtitle of this mercifully short novel. Sample sentence:
The worst of being unbearably alone was that you had to bear it 鈥� either that or you were sunk.
When our author attempts less prosaic prose it makes the reader cringe somewhat :
From the age of ten she鈥檇 been like that 鈥� a pure and sensible girl, besmirched only by her unstinting generosity, harmlessly hiding from unhappiness by blotting out the faults of everyone dear to her and by overloving love. Baling forgiveness as though it were so much hay.
We could spend hours on what is so bad about that passage, but 鈥� overloving love? Baling forgiveness?
SO, ER, I HAVEN鈥橳 REALLY BEEN LISTENING, WHAT DID YOU SAY THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT?
Impotently putting up with the physical deterioration and the terminal sadness and the waiting and waiting for nothing.
OH GEE, ER, THANKS
September 19, 2023
C卯nd am deschis cu mai bine de 10 ani 卯n urm膬 Everyman / Povestea lui Ori葯颈cine (卯ntr-o alt膬 edi葲ie), nu 葯tiam mai nimic despre Philip Roth (1933 - 2018). Mai aveam vreo 3 c膬r葲i de el prin cas膬, dar nu catadicsisem s膬 le r膬sfoiesc. Nu 葯tiam nici c膬 Everyman trimite la o pies膬 de teatru alegoric膬 din secolul al XV-lea. Pasiunea mea ascu葲it膬 pentru proza lui Roth a 卯nceput odat膬 cu Teatrul lui Sabbath 葯颈 Pastorala american膬. Prin 2014, deci...
Everyman mi-a pl膬cut 葯颈 nu mi-a pl膬cut. M-a frapat, 卯nainte de orice, violen葲a erotic膬 a naratorului. Roth nu folosea aluzii poematice. Prezenta 葯颈 numea direct. 脦n schimb, mi-a pl膬cut 卯ndr膬zneala autorului de a ridica 卯ntreb膬ri incomode. 脦nclina葲ia asta 卯l scotea din min葲i pe Nabokov: 鈥濸rozatorul trebuie s膬 se ocupe de stil 葯颈 de structura c膬r葲ii. Problematica mor葲ii nu-i treaba lui鈥�. Intolerantul Nabokov gre葯ea. Asta nu 卯nseamn膬 c膬 nu-mi plac Pnin sau Invita葲ie la e葯afod.
Am citit, a葯adar, un text sobru de propozi葲ii aride. Dar a葯 fi preferat ca autorul s膬 trateze moartea cu mai mult膬 ironie. Ca 卯n poemele din Carmina Burana, s膬 zicem. Mult mai t卯rziu am priceput c膬 acesta este, probabil, tonul cel mai potrivit. Anii care trec tot mai repede 葯颈 mai repede 卯葲i strivesc z卯mbetul de pe buze. Po葲i privi moartea 葯颈 ca o concluzie necesar膬 a unei serii de premise personale de felul urm膬tor: declin al trupului, oboseal膬, ochelari, riduri, pleoape umflate, respira葲ie tot mai grea, spital, asistente de ghea葲膬 lipsite de orice inhibi葲ie, medici cu priviri de ghips, interdic葲ii (no sex, no smoking), exit...
脦ntr-un interviu, Philip Roth a declarat cam a葯a (parafrazez):
- Am scris un roman despre moarte 葯颈 faptul de a muri. Ce vre葲i mai mult? Nu v膬 mai lega葲i de coperta lui neagr膬. 葮i coperta Bibliei este neagr膬...
- Dar n-o s膬 se v卯nd膬. Cititorii prefer膬 culori mai vesele, subiecte mai 鈥瀠葯oare鈥�. Vor c膬r葲i care s膬-i amuze, s膬-i ajute s膬 卯nfrunte 鈥瀡alurile vie葲ii鈥�, nu enun葲uri aride despre boli, opera葲ii, 卯mb膬tr卯nire, aziluri de b膬tr卯ni 葯颈 moarte. Nu vor vizite 卯n cimitir 葯颈 nici conversa葲ii cu gropari 卯n葲elep葲i despre me葯te葯ugul de a s膬pa o groap膬 exact dup膬 lungimea 葯颈 l膬葲imea r膬posatului.
- Chestia asta nu m膬 intereseaz膬, nu m-a interesat niciodat膬...
N-am transcris discu葲ia literal, am pus ce (葯颈 c卯t) am 卯n葲eles din ea, dar am p膬strat cu stricte葲e spiritul ei. Textul original poate fi citit, oricum, 卯n The Guardian din 14 decembrie 2005. Criticii au privit cu reticen葲膬 romanul: 鈥濪a, se simte gheara leului. Dar stilul e cam sec, lipsit de vigoarea de alt膬dat膬. 脦n plus, Roth pune prea multe 卯ntreb膬ri retorice (aici retoric 卯nseamn膬 gol, lipsit de sens). E repetitiv鈥�.
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Deocamdat膬, v膬 las acest pasaj: 鈥濼at膬l lui avea s膬 zac膬 nu numai 卯n sicriu, ci 艧i sub greutatea acelui p膬m卯nt 艧i brusc a v膬zut gura tat膬lui s膬u ca 艧i cum n-ar fi existat nici un sicriu, ca 艧i cum 牛膬r卯na pe care o aruncau 卯n groap膬 se depunea direct pe el, umpl卯ndu-i gura, orbindu-i ochii, 卯nfund卯ndu-i n膬rile 艧i astup卯ndu-i urechile鈥�.
葮i, pentru c膬 am terminat cartea, iar Dumnezeu, mult 卯ndur膬torul, m-a mai 卯ng膬duit o zi, transcriu 卯nc膬 un pasaj: 鈥濻-a a葯ezat l卯ng膬 ea pe pat 葯颈 i-a luat m卯na 卯ntr-a lui, g卯ndindu-se: C卯nd e葯ti t卯n膬r, conteaz膬 exteriorul trupului, cum ar膬葲i pe dinafar膬. C卯nd 卯mb膬tr卯ne葯ti, conteaz膬 ceea ce e pe din膬untru 葯颈 oamenilor nu le mai pas膬 cum ar膬葲i鈥�. Episodul cu Millicent Kramer mi s-a p膬rut 葯颈 acum emo葲ionant.
Everyman mi-a pl膬cut 葯颈 nu mi-a pl膬cut. M-a frapat, 卯nainte de orice, violen葲a erotic膬 a naratorului. Roth nu folosea aluzii poematice. Prezenta 葯颈 numea direct. 脦n schimb, mi-a pl膬cut 卯ndr膬zneala autorului de a ridica 卯ntreb膬ri incomode. 脦nclina葲ia asta 卯l scotea din min葲i pe Nabokov: 鈥濸rozatorul trebuie s膬 se ocupe de stil 葯颈 de structura c膬r葲ii. Problematica mor葲ii nu-i treaba lui鈥�. Intolerantul Nabokov gre葯ea. Asta nu 卯nseamn膬 c膬 nu-mi plac Pnin sau Invita葲ie la e葯afod.
Am citit, a葯adar, un text sobru de propozi葲ii aride. Dar a葯 fi preferat ca autorul s膬 trateze moartea cu mai mult膬 ironie. Ca 卯n poemele din Carmina Burana, s膬 zicem. Mult mai t卯rziu am priceput c膬 acesta este, probabil, tonul cel mai potrivit. Anii care trec tot mai repede 葯颈 mai repede 卯葲i strivesc z卯mbetul de pe buze. Po葲i privi moartea 葯颈 ca o concluzie necesar膬 a unei serii de premise personale de felul urm膬tor: declin al trupului, oboseal膬, ochelari, riduri, pleoape umflate, respira葲ie tot mai grea, spital, asistente de ghea葲膬 lipsite de orice inhibi葲ie, medici cu priviri de ghips, interdic葲ii (no sex, no smoking), exit...
脦ntr-un interviu, Philip Roth a declarat cam a葯a (parafrazez):
- Am scris un roman despre moarte 葯颈 faptul de a muri. Ce vre葲i mai mult? Nu v膬 mai lega葲i de coperta lui neagr膬. 葮i coperta Bibliei este neagr膬...
- Dar n-o s膬 se v卯nd膬. Cititorii prefer膬 culori mai vesele, subiecte mai 鈥瀠葯oare鈥�. Vor c膬r葲i care s膬-i amuze, s膬-i ajute s膬 卯nfrunte 鈥瀡alurile vie葲ii鈥�, nu enun葲uri aride despre boli, opera葲ii, 卯mb膬tr卯nire, aziluri de b膬tr卯ni 葯颈 moarte. Nu vor vizite 卯n cimitir 葯颈 nici conversa葲ii cu gropari 卯n葲elep葲i despre me葯te葯ugul de a s膬pa o groap膬 exact dup膬 lungimea 葯颈 l膬葲imea r膬posatului.
- Chestia asta nu m膬 intereseaz膬, nu m-a interesat niciodat膬...
N-am transcris discu葲ia literal, am pus ce (葯颈 c卯t) am 卯n葲eles din ea, dar am p膬strat cu stricte葲e spiritul ei. Textul original poate fi citit, oricum, 卯n The Guardian din 14 decembrie 2005. Criticii au privit cu reticen葲膬 romanul: 鈥濪a, se simte gheara leului. Dar stilul e cam sec, lipsit de vigoarea de alt膬dat膬. 脦n plus, Roth pune prea multe 卯ntreb膬ri retorice (aici retoric 卯nseamn膬 gol, lipsit de sens). E repetitiv鈥�.
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Deocamdat膬, v膬 las acest pasaj: 鈥濼at膬l lui avea s膬 zac膬 nu numai 卯n sicriu, ci 艧i sub greutatea acelui p膬m卯nt 艧i brusc a v膬zut gura tat膬lui s膬u ca 艧i cum n-ar fi existat nici un sicriu, ca 艧i cum 牛膬r卯na pe care o aruncau 卯n groap膬 se depunea direct pe el, umpl卯ndu-i gura, orbindu-i ochii, 卯nfund卯ndu-i n膬rile 艧i astup卯ndu-i urechile鈥�.
葮i, pentru c膬 am terminat cartea, iar Dumnezeu, mult 卯ndur膬torul, m-a mai 卯ng膬duit o zi, transcriu 卯nc膬 un pasaj: 鈥濻-a a葯ezat l卯ng膬 ea pe pat 葯颈 i-a luat m卯na 卯ntr-a lui, g卯ndindu-se: C卯nd e葯ti t卯n膬r, conteaz膬 exteriorul trupului, cum ar膬葲i pe dinafar膬. C卯nd 卯mb膬tr卯ne葯ti, conteaz膬 ceea ce e pe din膬untru 葯颈 oamenilor nu le mai pas膬 cum ar膬葲i鈥�. Episodul cu Millicent Kramer mi s-a p膬rut 葯颈 acum emo葲ionant.
February 18, 2025
鈥淚n three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on鈥濃€擱obert Frost
鈥淭he meaning of life is that it stops鈥濃€擣ranz Kafka
Everyman is one of four short novels Philip Roth wrote in his later career, including Indignation, The Humbling and Nemesis. Everyman is the name that the narrator鈥檚 Jewish father gives to his jewelry store to avoid scaring away the potential Christian customers with his Jewish name. It is also the name of a 15th-century English morality play, after which it came to mean an ordinary individual with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily. We all go though certain things, in other words, and in this case of the 73-year-old author, the things he wants to talk about include the decay of one鈥檚 body as one ages, and then that pesky unavoidable death, of course.
As with Indignation and other Roth books, there is a sweet reverence for craft in Everyman, in this case for the work of the narrator鈥檚 jeweler father鈥檚 work. But this craft-awe makes you also appreciate the craft of Roth鈥檚 writing, which in this novella-length book is鈥攊n comparison to most of Roth鈥檚 work鈥攍ean, almost subdued, eschewing bombast for a kind of somber tone. Oh, the narrator is at times angry and unable to reconcile himself to the decline associated with aging, but he鈥檚 not all Mickey-Sabbath wacked-out about it.
And there is also again reverence for family and tradition, a theme across so much of Roth. As with Sabbath鈥檚 Theater, the main character, a retired art director for an advertising firm, finds himself, close to the end, in a decaying Jewish cemetery, speaking with his parents, where his father tells him (from the grave):
"Look back and atone for what you can atone for, and make the best of what you have left.鈥�
And we see our aging hero does do something in this story more passionately than I can recall almost any male narrator in Roth doing; he repents (among other things going here): 鈥淭his ordinarily even-tempered man struck furiously at his heart like some fanatic at prayer, and, assailed by remorse not just for this mistake but for all his mistakes, all the ineradicable, stupid, inescapable mistakes 鈥� swept away by the misery of his limitations yet acting as if life's every incomprehensible contingency were of his making.鈥�
So is there guilt about issues with women and sexuality that this older surrogate narrator expresses on behalf of its author? Well, our narrator is old鈥攖hough not without desire, and with a few racy memories that would seem to at times undermine his repentance鈥攁nd alone, thanks to every mistake he ever made to alienate him from most women except his forgiving daughter Nancy. (He alienates men, too). The most eloquent speech in this book of comparatively few Roth speeches is by the wronged ex Phoebe, who had caught him in his affair with a model, 鈥渢he Dane,鈥� half his age, for which Phoebe dumps him within a day of his mother鈥檚 funeral. This is fiction, and though I imagine Roth in confessional mode here, remorseful for his mistakes, let鈥檚 just say what we can know, that this is our fictional everyman narrator鈥檚 realization that he is 鈥溾€攖he unsuccessful father, the envious brother, the duplicitous husband, the helpless son.鈥�
But if the 15th century tale Everyman is a Morality tale, a tale representing a kind of atonement, this Roth Everyman novel is also (an atheist鈥檚 version) of atonement:
鈥淣o hocus-pocus about death and God or obsolete fantasies of heaven for him. There was only our bodies, born to live and die on terms decided by the bodies that had lived and died before us.鈥�
Genetics in part determine who we are, not predestination. And it is bones that he connects to, the accumulated bones of his ancestors that he knows he will soon add to, not some idea of the afterlife:
鈥淭hey were just bones, bones in a box, but their bones were his bones, and he stood as close to the bones as he could, as though the proximity might link him up with them and mitigate the isolation born of losing his future and reconnect him with all that had gone. . . Once he was with those bones he could not leave them, couldn't not talk to them, couldn't but listen to them when they spoke.鈥�
Through all the surgeries, when he is anxious, our narrator recites to himself the names of watches his father sold in his jewelry store. This is an atheist鈥檚 prayer or meditation: Benrus, Hamilton, and so on. I like that a lot.
However, though the spirit and determination of our everyman is important to the tale, we know that the body鈥攖hose bones鈥攚ill ultimately lose; seven major surgeries in seven years take its toll, of course. But a couple days before that end, in the decaying cemetery, reminiscent of Hamlet, our everyman meets a gravedigger who helps remind him about and comfort him with practical issues of mortality. He just can鈥檛 seem to leave the cemetery, and we know he will join them soon; from the first we know this tale is being told by a dead man, (as is the case of the nineteen-year-old narrator of Roth's Indignation).
There鈥檚 a kind of stoicism that runs through Everyman: 鈥淛ust take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There鈥檚 no other way.鈥� But he鈥檚 also raging against the dying of the light. He could never do what his art student did, give in to her pain and take sleeping pills.
"As always鈥攁nd like most everyone else鈥攈e didn't want the end to come a minute earlier than it had to."
This is in some ways a simple, straightforward, somber story, but I think it is an often powerful tale of one man鈥檚 fighting off mortality, fighting for his life against impossible odds. It鈥檚 an older author鈥檚 novel for older readers, but a very good one.
鈥淭he meaning of life is that it stops鈥濃€擣ranz Kafka
Everyman is one of four short novels Philip Roth wrote in his later career, including Indignation, The Humbling and Nemesis. Everyman is the name that the narrator鈥檚 Jewish father gives to his jewelry store to avoid scaring away the potential Christian customers with his Jewish name. It is also the name of a 15th-century English morality play, after which it came to mean an ordinary individual with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily. We all go though certain things, in other words, and in this case of the 73-year-old author, the things he wants to talk about include the decay of one鈥檚 body as one ages, and then that pesky unavoidable death, of course.
As with Indignation and other Roth books, there is a sweet reverence for craft in Everyman, in this case for the work of the narrator鈥檚 jeweler father鈥檚 work. But this craft-awe makes you also appreciate the craft of Roth鈥檚 writing, which in this novella-length book is鈥攊n comparison to most of Roth鈥檚 work鈥攍ean, almost subdued, eschewing bombast for a kind of somber tone. Oh, the narrator is at times angry and unable to reconcile himself to the decline associated with aging, but he鈥檚 not all Mickey-Sabbath wacked-out about it.
And there is also again reverence for family and tradition, a theme across so much of Roth. As with Sabbath鈥檚 Theater, the main character, a retired art director for an advertising firm, finds himself, close to the end, in a decaying Jewish cemetery, speaking with his parents, where his father tells him (from the grave):
"Look back and atone for what you can atone for, and make the best of what you have left.鈥�
And we see our aging hero does do something in this story more passionately than I can recall almost any male narrator in Roth doing; he repents (among other things going here): 鈥淭his ordinarily even-tempered man struck furiously at his heart like some fanatic at prayer, and, assailed by remorse not just for this mistake but for all his mistakes, all the ineradicable, stupid, inescapable mistakes 鈥� swept away by the misery of his limitations yet acting as if life's every incomprehensible contingency were of his making.鈥�
So is there guilt about issues with women and sexuality that this older surrogate narrator expresses on behalf of its author? Well, our narrator is old鈥攖hough not without desire, and with a few racy memories that would seem to at times undermine his repentance鈥攁nd alone, thanks to every mistake he ever made to alienate him from most women except his forgiving daughter Nancy. (He alienates men, too). The most eloquent speech in this book of comparatively few Roth speeches is by the wronged ex Phoebe, who had caught him in his affair with a model, 鈥渢he Dane,鈥� half his age, for which Phoebe dumps him within a day of his mother鈥檚 funeral. This is fiction, and though I imagine Roth in confessional mode here, remorseful for his mistakes, let鈥檚 just say what we can know, that this is our fictional everyman narrator鈥檚 realization that he is 鈥溾€攖he unsuccessful father, the envious brother, the duplicitous husband, the helpless son.鈥�
But if the 15th century tale Everyman is a Morality tale, a tale representing a kind of atonement, this Roth Everyman novel is also (an atheist鈥檚 version) of atonement:
鈥淣o hocus-pocus about death and God or obsolete fantasies of heaven for him. There was only our bodies, born to live and die on terms decided by the bodies that had lived and died before us.鈥�
Genetics in part determine who we are, not predestination. And it is bones that he connects to, the accumulated bones of his ancestors that he knows he will soon add to, not some idea of the afterlife:
鈥淭hey were just bones, bones in a box, but their bones were his bones, and he stood as close to the bones as he could, as though the proximity might link him up with them and mitigate the isolation born of losing his future and reconnect him with all that had gone. . . Once he was with those bones he could not leave them, couldn't not talk to them, couldn't but listen to them when they spoke.鈥�
Through all the surgeries, when he is anxious, our narrator recites to himself the names of watches his father sold in his jewelry store. This is an atheist鈥檚 prayer or meditation: Benrus, Hamilton, and so on. I like that a lot.
However, though the spirit and determination of our everyman is important to the tale, we know that the body鈥攖hose bones鈥攚ill ultimately lose; seven major surgeries in seven years take its toll, of course. But a couple days before that end, in the decaying cemetery, reminiscent of Hamlet, our everyman meets a gravedigger who helps remind him about and comfort him with practical issues of mortality. He just can鈥檛 seem to leave the cemetery, and we know he will join them soon; from the first we know this tale is being told by a dead man, (as is the case of the nineteen-year-old narrator of Roth's Indignation).
There鈥檚 a kind of stoicism that runs through Everyman: 鈥淛ust take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There鈥檚 no other way.鈥� But he鈥檚 also raging against the dying of the light. He could never do what his art student did, give in to her pain and take sleeping pills.
"As always鈥攁nd like most everyone else鈥攈e didn't want the end to come a minute earlier than it had to."
This is in some ways a simple, straightforward, somber story, but I think it is an often powerful tale of one man鈥檚 fighting off mortality, fighting for his life against impossible odds. It鈥檚 an older author鈥檚 novel for older readers, but a very good one.
February 12, 2016
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亘毓丿 賯乇丕亍丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲乇毓亘丞
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鬲賲賾鬲
October 8, 2019
Almost perfectly balanced, Everyman reads almost like a funeral dirge. The unnamed protagonist goes over various milestones in his personal life and reflects on the inevitability of death and the difficulties on love. It is a quick read but it leaves a deep impression. As always, Roth's prose is descriptive but not overly so, the dialogues are all highly realistic, and the story is revealed in a manner that keeps you turning the pages and kind of wishing there were more after the end. For me, this is another highpoint in an already celebrated and prolific career for Roth.
I found this short but revealing interview of Philip Roth about Everyman on the NPR website: . Definitely worth a listen!
RIP (1933-2018). One of America's literary giants has left us.
I found this short but revealing interview of Philip Roth about Everyman on the NPR website: . Definitely worth a listen!
RIP (1933-2018). One of America's literary giants has left us.
March 6, 2015
鬲賳賴丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 禺賵丿卮 亘賵丿貙 賵賱蹖 賳賴 鬲丕 丕蹖賳 丕賳丿丕夭賴 鬲賳賴丕. 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 蹖 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲噩亘賵乇蹖 鬲丨賲賱卮 讴賳蹖.蹖丕 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖 讴賳蹖貙 蹖丕 睾乇賯 賲蹖 卮賵蹖.亘丕蹖丿 爻禺鬲 鬲賱丕卮 讴賳蹖 鬲丕 匕賴賳 诏乇爻賳賴 丕鬲 乇丕 丕夭 賳诏丕賴 亘賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 亘丕夭丿丕乇蹖
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳孬乇蹖 爻丕丿賴 賵 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 亘爻蹖丕乇 诏蹖乇丕 丿丕乇丿.賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 賲賴丕乇鬲 鬲賲丕賲 賴噩賵賲 倬蹖乇蹖 賵 鬲乇爻 丕夭 賳丕亘賵丿蹖 賵 賲乇诏 丌丿賲蹖 乇丕 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲.丨爻乇鬲 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賳 賱丨馗锟斤拷 亘賴 賱丨馗賴 蹖 毓賲乇 賵 鬲亘丕賴蹖 丿乇 丕賳夭賵丕. 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴蹖趩 賵蹖跇诏蹖 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴 賮乇丿蹖 賳丿丕乇丿貙噩夭 丌賳 讴賴 "蹖讴蹖 爻爻鬲 賲孬賱 賴賲賴" 賵 賲丕賳賳丿 賴賲賴 賳蹖夭 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲蹖 噩夭 賲乇诏 賳丿丕乇丿.乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿乇 賲乇丕爻賲 禺丕讴爻倬丕乇蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 倬爻 丕夭 丌賳 乇丕賵蹖 亘丕夭诏卮鬲蹖 亘賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 蹖 丿賵乇 賵 倬乇 丕夭 禺丕胤乇賴 蹖 卮禺氐 丕賵賱貙 丕夭 丕睾丕夭 鬲丕 賳丕亘賵丿蹖 蹖讴 亘賴 蹖讴 賲氐賳賵毓丕鬲 賵 賲賵賴亘鬲 賴丕 賵 賮乇賵乇蹖禺鬲賳 丌禺乇蹖賳 賵 賲爻鬲丨讴賲 賳乇蹖賳 賯賱毓賴 蹖 丌丿賲蹖 貙蹖毓賳蹖 噩爻賲 丿丕乇丿.丕夭 丨賵丕丿孬 丿賵乇丕賳 讴賵丿讴蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿貙丕夭 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賴丕蹖 倬蹖 丿乇 倬蹖 賵 卮讴爻鬲 賴丕蹖 賲鬲賵丕賱蹖貙丕夭 乇賵夭賲乇诏蹖 賴丕 賵 賴噩賵賲 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賵 丿賵亘丕乇賴 蹖 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 賵 賲乇诏 丿乇 爻丕賱 賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 毓賲乇 讴賴 丿乇 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕蹖 禺賵丿爻丕禺鬲賴 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿.卮禺氐蹖鬲 亘蹖 賳丕賲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 鬲丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳蹖夭 亘蹖 賳丕賲 賲蹖 賲丕賳丿貙丿乇 趩賳丿 賯丿賲蹖 賲乇诏 丨爻乇鬲 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿 賵 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴 賲蹖 亘蹖賳丿.爻賱丕賲鬲蹖 賵 賯賵丕蹖 噩賵丕賳蹖貙賮乇氐鬲 賴丕貙倬蹖賵賳丿 賴丕 賵 丨鬲蹖 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴.賯胤丕乇蹖 乇丕 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 乇賵夭亘乇賵夭 丕夭 賲爻丕賮乇丕賳卮 讴丕爻鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳讴貙丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 丌禺乇锟斤拷賳 毓賲賱 噩乇丕丨蹖 賵 賲乇诏貙賯胤丕乇 亘蹖 賲爻丕賮乇 賵 賵蹖 鬲賳賴丕爻鬲. 丿乇 亘毓囟蹖 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 氐賮丨丕鬲 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖貙 亘丕 丕賮讴丕乇 丿乇賴賲 丿蹖乇蹖賳賴 匕賴賳 禺賵蹖卮 乇賵 丿乇 乇賵 卮丿賲 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 噩賴鬲貙讴鬲丕亘 鬲丕孬蹖乇蹖 丿賵 趩賳丿丕賳 亘乇 賲賳 诏匕丕卮鬲.丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵 趩賴丕乇 爻鬲丕乇賴 賳氐蹖亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 毓丕賱蹖 丌賳 賲蹖 讴賳賲 賵 蹖讴 爻鬲丕乇賴 賴賲 爻賴賲 丕丨爻丕爻 賵 鬲噩乇亘賴 蹖 賳丕亘 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 卮亘 賴賳诏丕賲 賵 爻讴賵鬲 賵 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖
May 15, 2019
Call it "The Death of Ivan Ilych 2: Modern Times."
It's true, Roth is considered to be a modern day Tolstoy. But is this type of tale (already told and retold)... necessary?
It's all my fault. In my summer marathon of small novels (though inversely large in quality) I've been through devastation after devastation, drama and death... Animal, Michael K., Elizabeth Costello, et al. This one involves the unnamed EVERYMAN, who is, of course, you and me, and it takes the novelistic maneuverings that Roth is so much revered for to transform it into THE QUINTESSENTIAL LIFE STORY. Or is it actually The Story of Death?
Anyway, Everyman goes in & out of the hospital, and this would probably be where most of the action takes part. The second place where most of the action takes place? The cemetery. But Ilych, only by the blunt bump he receives as a stupid oversight, is doomed in a different way than our (modern) Everyman is. Everyman has a say in things, knows the medical lingo, has money. Their lives are different; fates however, irreparably equal.
The Rothian motifs do pile up. We remember the countless cemetery scenes from other Roth novels, but more specifically "Sabbath's Theater." (This one also begins there.) All the sex ("Deception"). All the dire emotions washing over older, broken Jewish men ("The Human Stain").
The anecdote is necessary: always necessary. The themes have not been drained yet. Although the tale is quite specific, it must be mentioned that Roth masters that considerable challenge of making one man stand for the billion of others. The shared fate of death, the Unifyer, is what Roth, as an aging novelist, as an aging man, contemplates; with an ease & with a poetry as brutal as Tolstoy, Roth knows exactly how to earn his IMMORTALITY.
It's true, Roth is considered to be a modern day Tolstoy. But is this type of tale (already told and retold)... necessary?
It's all my fault. In my summer marathon of small novels (though inversely large in quality) I've been through devastation after devastation, drama and death... Animal, Michael K., Elizabeth Costello, et al. This one involves the unnamed EVERYMAN, who is, of course, you and me, and it takes the novelistic maneuverings that Roth is so much revered for to transform it into THE QUINTESSENTIAL LIFE STORY. Or is it actually The Story of Death?
Anyway, Everyman goes in & out of the hospital, and this would probably be where most of the action takes part. The second place where most of the action takes place? The cemetery. But Ilych, only by the blunt bump he receives as a stupid oversight, is doomed in a different way than our (modern) Everyman is. Everyman has a say in things, knows the medical lingo, has money. Their lives are different; fates however, irreparably equal.
The Rothian motifs do pile up. We remember the countless cemetery scenes from other Roth novels, but more specifically "Sabbath's Theater." (This one also begins there.) All the sex ("Deception"). All the dire emotions washing over older, broken Jewish men ("The Human Stain").
The anecdote is necessary: always necessary. The themes have not been drained yet. Although the tale is quite specific, it must be mentioned that Roth masters that considerable challenge of making one man stand for the billion of others. The shared fate of death, the Unifyer, is what Roth, as an aging novelist, as an aging man, contemplates; with an ease & with a poetry as brutal as Tolstoy, Roth knows exactly how to earn his IMMORTALITY.
May 25, 2022
氐丿乇鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 2006貙 毓賳丿賲丕 賰丕賳 賮賷賱賷亘 乇賵孬 賷賳丕賴夭 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賵丕賱爻亘毓賷賳 賲賳 毓賲乇賴賽. 賵賯丿 兀賳賴賶 丨賷丕丞 亘胤賱賴賽貙 賲賳匕 丕賱爻胤乇 丕賱兀賵賱貙 賮賷 毓賲乇 丕賱賵丕丨丿 賵丕賱爻亘毓賷賳貙 亘爻賰鬲丞賺 賯賱亘賷丞貙 匕賴亘 亘賴 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丿賲 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賳鬲亘賴 廿賱賶 丕賱兀賲乇貙 芦賰賲丕 禺卮賷 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 胤賵丕賱 丨賷丕鬲賽賴禄.
兀毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 賮賷賱賷亘 乇賵孬 噩毓賱 亘胤賱賴貙 毓賲丿賸丕貙 賷氐睾乇賴 亘毓丕賲賷賳賽 毓賳丿 氐丿賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賰賷 賷賯賳毓 賳賮爻賴購 亘兀賳賾 賱賴 賲氐賷乇賸丕 賲禺鬲賱賮賸丕貙 兀賵 亘兀賳賴 賯丿 賳噩丕. 毓丕卮賻 乇賵孬 丨鬲賶 2018貙 賵亘賱睾 賲賳 丕賱毓賲乇 85 毓丕賲賸丕貙 賵賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲禺賷賱 卮賷禺賵禺鬲賴 廿賱丕 賰賲丕 賵乇丿鬲 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 亘胤賱賴貨 芦丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 賱賷爻鬲 賲毓乇賰丞貙 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 賲噩乇夭丞禄.
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱鬲丨賱賱 丕賱亘胤賷亍 賱賱兀卮賷丕亍貙 毓賳 禺賷丕賳丞 丕賱噩爻丿貙 毓賳 丕賱丕賳賲爻丕禺 丕賱賵卅賷丿 賱賱賴賵賷丞 丕賱匕賷 賷丨丿孬 賱賱賲乇亍賽 廿匕丕 乇夭丨 賲丿丞 胤賵賷賱丞 鬲丨鬲 丕賱賲乇囟. 廿賳賴 毓賳 丨丕賱丞 芦廿毓丕丿丞 氐賷丕睾丞禄 賱賱匕丕鬲貙 賯爻乇賷丞 賵賱丕 鬲鬲胤賱亘 噩亘賳賸丕 兀賵 卮噩丕毓丞貙 賱兀賳賴丕 丕爻鬲噩丕亘丞 亘爻賷胤丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丨丿賵孬賴丕 丕賱賮噩.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱賲爻鬲卮賮賷丕鬲貙 賵睾乇賮 丕賱毓賲賱賷丕鬲 賵丕賱爻乇胤丕賳 賵丕賱噩賱胤丕鬲 賵丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲. 卮毓乇鬲購 兀丨賷丕賳賸丕 亘兀賳賴 賷亘丕賱睾貙 乇亘賲丕 賷亘丕賱睾 賮賷 賲禺丕賵賮賴貙 乇亘賲丕 賱丕 賷賮毓賱. 賷賰丕丿購 丕賱賲賵鬲購 賷賳鬲氐亘購 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 賲孬賱 禺氐賲賺 賵丨賷丿.. 禺氐賲 噩丿賷乇 亘賲賳氐亘賽賴 賰禺氐賲貙 賮賷 丨賷丕丞賺 毓丕丿賷丞 賱乇噩賱 賵丨賷丿貙 賲賱賰鬲購賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 賴賷 鬲丿賲賷乇 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 賵丕賱賲賯丕賲乇丞 亘賴丕. 乇噩賱 亘乇氐賷丿 胤賵賷賱 賲賳 丕賱賳丿賲.
December 28, 2020
乇賵丕賷丞 "賰賱 乇噩賱" 毓賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱賲賵鬲
鬲亘丿兀 亘噩賳丕夭丞 亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賲賵鬲賴
賷鬲匕賰乇 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱毓賲乇 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷氐賱 廿賱賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賳賮爻 賵丕賱丕毓鬲乇丕賮 亘丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲 賵丕賱賳丿賲 毓賱賶 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍
丕賱丕賳鬲亘丕賴 賵丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 亘丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賵丕賱乇賵丕亘胤 丕賱氐丕丿賯丞 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞
丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 睾賷乇 賲乇鬲亘丞 夭賲賳賷丕, 賷賳鬲賯賱 賮賷賱賷亘 乇賵孬 賲賳 賮鬲乇丞 夭賲賳賷丞 廿賱賶 兀禺乇賶
賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賷亘賯賶 丕賱爻乇丿 爻賱爻 賵賵丕賯毓賷
鬲亘丿兀 亘噩賳丕夭丞 亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賲賵鬲賴
賷鬲匕賰乇 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱毓賲乇 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷氐賱 廿賱賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賳賮爻 賵丕賱丕毓鬲乇丕賮 亘丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲 賵丕賱賳丿賲 毓賱賶 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍
丕賱丕賳鬲亘丕賴 賵丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 亘丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賵丕賱乇賵丕亘胤 丕賱氐丕丿賯丞 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞
丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 睾賷乇 賲乇鬲亘丞 夭賲賳賷丕, 賷賳鬲賯賱 賮賷賱賷亘 乇賵孬 賲賳 賮鬲乇丞 夭賲賳賷丞 廿賱賶 兀禺乇賶
賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賷亘賯賶 丕賱爻乇丿 爻賱爻 賵賵丕賯毓賷
June 1, 2012
Yesterday I read Everyman. The novel's not long, maybe 180 small pages, and I wasn't doing anything exciting other than shopping at Costco and dodging a water balloon fight (despite my protestations of 鈥淚'm not playing! I'm not playing!鈥�). The book intrigued me because 1) Mary, one of the local librarians, put it on her 鈥渞ecommended鈥� shelf (I mean for real, in the library, not on GR), 2) at least two of my friends hated it, and 3) I needed something short because I finished a novel Saturday and had another coming through the inter-library loan system early this week. I didn't hate Everyman. But I thought it was more yucky than good.
Okay, non sequitur I hope will make sense. Do you read Esquire magazine? I do. I'm not sure why. I think I read Esquire because the subscription costs five bucks a year. Anyway, Esquire provides hilariously weird and out of touch advice for men. The writers often try to talk all tough and knowing when they recommend which of three four hundred dollar shirts you must have in your closet. And how to order drinks in bars. And how to talk with kids about sex. And celebrity profiles in which male movie stars are held up as icons of masculinity. I don't know who these people are who follow Esquire's advice about shoes and women and money, but they're way more loaded than me and crazy insecure.
The guy in Everyman, I think, was into Esquire. That's fine. Knock yourself out. But Roth's primary sin is the implication, in my perception, that his characters are somehow representative of American males. Now, I guess I only know a couple 70 year olds, but I doubt many are so broken up about not getting a shot at young women that they try to pick up passing joggers. I also don't believe people talk with each other like the characters in Everyman. They go from zero to sixty on the philosophy scale in three inches of dialogue or less. The medical talk was probably the novel's most interesting element. The braindead bravado and self-pity got boring quickly. I resent the idea that Everyman is representative of, uh, every man. Or even most of them. Or a few. Most of us don't buy the belts and toys and advice recommended in Esquire. It's not that the ideas are all bad. We're just not from Esquire world. It's a goofy planet, somewhere in the same solar system as Everyman. Go at your own risk. I'll give Roth another shot, and I kind of remember liking American Pastoral, but I hope his other work is better.
Okay, non sequitur I hope will make sense. Do you read Esquire magazine? I do. I'm not sure why. I think I read Esquire because the subscription costs five bucks a year. Anyway, Esquire provides hilariously weird and out of touch advice for men. The writers often try to talk all tough and knowing when they recommend which of three four hundred dollar shirts you must have in your closet. And how to order drinks in bars. And how to talk with kids about sex. And celebrity profiles in which male movie stars are held up as icons of masculinity. I don't know who these people are who follow Esquire's advice about shoes and women and money, but they're way more loaded than me and crazy insecure.
The guy in Everyman, I think, was into Esquire. That's fine. Knock yourself out. But Roth's primary sin is the implication, in my perception, that his characters are somehow representative of American males. Now, I guess I only know a couple 70 year olds, but I doubt many are so broken up about not getting a shot at young women that they try to pick up passing joggers. I also don't believe people talk with each other like the characters in Everyman. They go from zero to sixty on the philosophy scale in three inches of dialogue or less. The medical talk was probably the novel's most interesting element. The braindead bravado and self-pity got boring quickly. I resent the idea that Everyman is representative of, uh, every man. Or even most of them. Or a few. Most of us don't buy the belts and toys and advice recommended in Esquire. It's not that the ideas are all bad. We're just not from Esquire world. It's a goofy planet, somewhere in the same solar system as Everyman. Go at your own risk. I'll give Roth another shot, and I kind of remember liking American Pastoral, but I hope his other work is better.
February 18, 2025
Philip Roth's "A Man" is an easy book to read. You enter the story slowly and unconsciously slide down to the last page.
Yet the subject is both profound and ordinary. It is about watching oneself live, forward and backward, recognizing oneself in these life paths with a frank look but, at the very least, without complacency.
It is about our impetuosity in youth, our irremediable sanctions, chasing some to subsume others, for good or ill, and building a court, or according to, a desert. It is about loving life and sanctifying it when it becomes fleeting, while we have wasted it, sometimes without counting, when it was offered. Through feeling, we discover the indestructible bond of devotion beyond earthly things and how memory accompanies us here for the best.
Finally, when we talk about earthworks, I would say that we have to cast our net wide to keep an open mind when we realize, albeit a little late, that in a moment of extreme solitude, we can find comfort from an illustrious stranger and how impossible it is to obtain it at the right time, on our impulse, from our loved ones.
Come on, a little appetizer:
Excerpt: He hadn't slept with Phoebe for six years, but he could hardly share that intimate detail with his sons to explain his second divorce. He had been Phoebe's husband for fifteen years, Nancy's live-in father for thirteen, Howie's brother and his parents' son since birth, and a brilliant advertising executive for over twenty years: these titles spoke for him.
Yet the subject is both profound and ordinary. It is about watching oneself live, forward and backward, recognizing oneself in these life paths with a frank look but, at the very least, without complacency.
It is about our impetuosity in youth, our irremediable sanctions, chasing some to subsume others, for good or ill, and building a court, or according to, a desert. It is about loving life and sanctifying it when it becomes fleeting, while we have wasted it, sometimes without counting, when it was offered. Through feeling, we discover the indestructible bond of devotion beyond earthly things and how memory accompanies us here for the best.
Finally, when we talk about earthworks, I would say that we have to cast our net wide to keep an open mind when we realize, albeit a little late, that in a moment of extreme solitude, we can find comfort from an illustrious stranger and how impossible it is to obtain it at the right time, on our impulse, from our loved ones.
Come on, a little appetizer:
Excerpt: He hadn't slept with Phoebe for six years, but he could hardly share that intimate detail with his sons to explain his second divorce. He had been Phoebe's husband for fifteen years, Nancy's live-in father for thirteen, Howie's brother and his parents' son since birth, and a brilliant advertising executive for over twenty years: these titles spoke for him.
December 30, 2014
An old man wants to have sex with a younger woman...
Groundbreaking stuff. (sarcasm font where are you?!)
And yet this won awards, so there must be more to it. Right?
The idea is based on man at the end of a life looking back on it all and trying to figure out if it was a good life. By the standards of many, the main man in Everyman probably can't be considered to have led a good life, at least not a completely angelic one. He's thrice divorced, at least once because of his own infidelity. He left at least one family for the bed of a model. His relationship with two out of the three of his children is bad.
Is that enough to condemn the man? That's questionable, and a question that is pondered through out. Do you as the reader give a shit? That's questionable, and a question you'll ponder through out.
Everyman is Philip Roth's book about Philip Roth. Do you care about Philip Roth? Enough to read a whole book in which he wonders at an old age whether he's been a good person or not? Personally, no, I don't care. However, the man's a good writer and he puts forth good prose. That makes him a good man in certain respects, the sort of respect a reader needs to enjoy a writer's work.
Groundbreaking stuff. (sarcasm font where are you?!)
And yet this won awards, so there must be more to it. Right?
The idea is based on man at the end of a life looking back on it all and trying to figure out if it was a good life. By the standards of many, the main man in Everyman probably can't be considered to have led a good life, at least not a completely angelic one. He's thrice divorced, at least once because of his own infidelity. He left at least one family for the bed of a model. His relationship with two out of the three of his children is bad.
Is that enough to condemn the man? That's questionable, and a question that is pondered through out. Do you as the reader give a shit? That's questionable, and a question you'll ponder through out.
Everyman is Philip Roth's book about Philip Roth. Do you care about Philip Roth? Enough to read a whole book in which he wonders at an old age whether he's been a good person or not? Personally, no, I don't care. However, the man's a good writer and he puts forth good prose. That makes him a good man in certain respects, the sort of respect a reader needs to enjoy a writer's work.
July 8, 2021
4.5
讴鬲丕亘 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖 賵 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 丿乇 丨蹖賳賽 賲胤丕賱毓賴 丿丕卅賲 蹖賴 丨爻 乇毓亘 丌賵乇 賵 鬲賱禺 賴賲乇丕賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿爻鬲...
讴鬲丕亘 "蹖讴蹖 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴" 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賮乇丿蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 爻賳 71 爻丕賱诏蹖 賮賵鬲 讴乇丿賴 賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 鬲賵囟蹖丨賽 賲乇丕爻賲賽 鬲丿賮蹖賳卮貙 夭賳丿诏蹖賽 賮丕賳蹖卮 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 鬲丕 賱丨馗賴 蹖 賲乇诏 卮乇丨 丿丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賴. 賲賳馗賵乇 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖: 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲賽 賲禺鬲賱賮貙 乇賵丕亘胤貙 丕卮鬲亘丕賴丕鬲貙 鬲乇爻 賴丕 賵 倬卮蹖賲賵賳蹖 賴丕卮賴.
讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賳馗乇 爻丕丿賴 賲蹖丕丿 賵 賲乇孬蹖賴 丕蹖 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖乇蹖 賵 賲乇诏 賳丕诏夭蹖乇賽 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕賵賳 賴爻鬲 賵 丨噩賲 讴賲蹖 賴賲 丿丕乇賴. 賵賱蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲賵賳爻鬲賴 鬲賵 賴賲蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 爻丕丿賴 賵 丨噩賲賽 讴賲 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲賽 蹖賴 丌丿賲 倬蹖乇 -賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴- 乇賵 亘蹖 賳賴丕蹖鬲 毓丕賱蹖 賲賳鬲賯賱 讴賳賴 亘賴 賲禺丕胤亘. 卮丕蹖丿 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賱丕蹖賱卮 丕蹖賳 亘丕卮賴 讴賴 賮蹖賱蹖倬 乇丕孬 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 鬲賵 爻賳 73 爻丕賱诏蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴.
賵 丿賵 鬲丕 賳讴鬲賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘 鬲賵 讴鬲丕亘 賳馗乇賲賵 噩賱亘 讴乇丿. 丕賵賱蹖 丕爻賲 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿: "蹖讴蹖 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴". 亘賳馗乇賲 丕蹖賳 丕爻賲 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 賴賲 匕賴賳 賲禺丕胤亘 乇賵 丿乇诏蹖乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 賴賲 蹖賴 鬲爻賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賽 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 73 爻丕賱賴 亘賵丿賴! 蹖賴 讴賳丕蹖賴 蹖 夭蹖亘丕 亘賴 爻乇賳賵卮鬲賽 賲丨鬲賵賲賽 賳賵毓 亘卮乇貙 賴乇 讴爻蹖貙 賴賲賴.
賵 賳讴鬲賴 蹖 丿賵賲 讴賴 賲丐蹖丿 賳讴鬲賴鈥屰� 丕賵賱賴 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賯賴乇賲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻賲 賳丿丕乇賴. 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賴賲 讴賳丕蹖賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖賴. 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 讴爻蹖 賴爻鬲 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴貙 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕爻賲 賴賲 賳丿丕乇賴貙 賵賱蹖 禺氐賵氐蹖丕鬲 賲孬亘鬲 賵 賲賳賮蹖賽 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 丿丕乇賴 賵 鬲賵賱丿 賵 賲乇诏. 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴.
讴鬲丕亘 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖 賵 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 丿乇 丨蹖賳賽 賲胤丕賱毓賴 丿丕卅賲 蹖賴 丨爻 乇毓亘 丌賵乇 賵 鬲賱禺 賴賲乇丕賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿爻鬲...
讴鬲丕亘 "蹖讴蹖 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴" 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賮乇丿蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 爻賳 71 爻丕賱诏蹖 賮賵鬲 讴乇丿賴 賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 鬲賵囟蹖丨賽 賲乇丕爻賲賽 鬲丿賮蹖賳卮貙 夭賳丿诏蹖賽 賮丕賳蹖卮 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 鬲丕 賱丨馗賴 蹖 賲乇诏 卮乇丨 丿丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賴. 賲賳馗賵乇 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖: 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲賽 賲禺鬲賱賮貙 乇賵丕亘胤貙 丕卮鬲亘丕賴丕鬲貙 鬲乇爻 賴丕 賵 倬卮蹖賲賵賳蹖 賴丕卮賴.
讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賳馗乇 爻丕丿賴 賲蹖丕丿 賵 賲乇孬蹖賴 丕蹖 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖乇蹖 賵 賲乇诏 賳丕诏夭蹖乇賽 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕賵賳 賴爻鬲 賵 丨噩賲 讴賲蹖 賴賲 丿丕乇賴. 賵賱蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲賵賳爻鬲賴 鬲賵 賴賲蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 爻丕丿賴 賵 丨噩賲賽 讴賲 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲賽 蹖賴 丌丿賲 倬蹖乇 -賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴- 乇賵 亘蹖 賳賴丕蹖鬲 毓丕賱蹖 賲賳鬲賯賱 讴賳賴 亘賴 賲禺丕胤亘. 卮丕蹖丿 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賱丕蹖賱卮 丕蹖賳 亘丕卮賴 讴賴 賮蹖賱蹖倬 乇丕孬 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 鬲賵 爻賳 73 爻丕賱诏蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴.
賵 丿賵 鬲丕 賳讴鬲賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘 鬲賵 讴鬲丕亘 賳馗乇賲賵 噩賱亘 讴乇丿. 丕賵賱蹖 丕爻賲 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿: "蹖讴蹖 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴". 亘賳馗乇賲 丕蹖賳 丕爻賲 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 賴賲 匕賴賳 賲禺丕胤亘 乇賵 丿乇诏蹖乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 賴賲 蹖賴 鬲爻賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賽 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 73 爻丕賱賴 亘賵丿賴! 蹖賴 讴賳丕蹖賴 蹖 夭蹖亘丕 亘賴 爻乇賳賵卮鬲賽 賲丨鬲賵賲賽 賳賵毓 亘卮乇貙 賴乇 讴爻蹖貙 賴賲賴.
賵 賳讴鬲賴 蹖 丿賵賲 讴賴 賲丐蹖丿 賳讴鬲賴鈥屰� 丕賵賱賴 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賯賴乇賲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻賲 賳丿丕乇賴. 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賴賲 讴賳丕蹖賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖賴. 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 讴爻蹖 賴爻鬲 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴貙 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕爻賲 賴賲 賳丿丕乇賴貙 賵賱蹖 禺氐賵氐蹖丕鬲 賲孬亘鬲 賵 賲賳賮蹖賽 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 丿丕乇賴 賵 鬲賵賱丿 賵 賲乇诏. 賲孬賱賽 賴賲賴.
September 28, 2015
"-Sai cosa mi farebbe bene? - disse lei. - Il suono della voce che 猫 scomparsa".
Sai cosa mi lascia attonita di Philip Roth? La sua assoluta semplicit脿. Sembra sempre di leggere la stessa storia, quando leggi un romanzo di Roth. Ma non 猫 mai la stessa, anche se in fondo 猫 sempre la stessa storia di solitudine, rimpianto, orgasmi poderosi ecc...
Sai cosa mi lascia attonita di Philip Roth? La sua assoluta semplicit脿. Sembra sempre di leggere la stessa storia, quando leggi un romanzo di Roth. Ma non 猫 mai la stessa, anche se in fondo 猫 sempre la stessa storia di solitudine, rimpianto, orgasmi poderosi ecc...
February 7, 2017
"Old age isn't a battle. Old age is a massacre."
- Philip Roth
The older I get, the more tolerant I get of Roth's later novellas. I remember thinking when I read one ten plus years ago that they were simply indulgences. Roth throwing off and idea and turning it into a novella. Why couldn't he go back to writing his great novels. Now, as I read some of his last several novels these last several months. Older now. I think I might understand. They aren't as robust as his great novels of the 1990s. But they are still pretty fantastic. They are memoirs. They are ... reflections of life prior to death, life in anticipation of death, life contemplating death. They are the murmurs of a man standing on the edge of the abyss.
There were certain parts of this novel that seemed to touch aspects of my own life. I too had a brother who seemed to have perfect health. My older brother could fail to brush his teeth for a year and not get a cavity. He rarely had a headache, a fever, a cold. He was an Army Ranger and later a decorated helicopter pilot. I was the opposite. Flat feet, pigeon-toed, diabetic, rheumatic, thyroid issues, bad teeth, Marfan syndrome, heart issues, struggling with pain nearly every day of my life.
There seems to exists in brothers that share this weird imbalance a measured shadow. At one level there is care and concern and on another level an almost hero worship that easily slides (at times) into a jealousy and enviousness that makes one empathetic to Cain.
Anyway, this is a very human novel about loneliness, aging, relationships, memory and death. It isn't perfect and far from Roth's best, but it is still very good and FAR better than .
- Philip Roth
The older I get, the more tolerant I get of Roth's later novellas. I remember thinking when I read one ten plus years ago that they were simply indulgences. Roth throwing off and idea and turning it into a novella. Why couldn't he go back to writing his great novels. Now, as I read some of his last several novels these last several months. Older now. I think I might understand. They aren't as robust as his great novels of the 1990s. But they are still pretty fantastic. They are memoirs. They are ... reflections of life prior to death, life in anticipation of death, life contemplating death. They are the murmurs of a man standing on the edge of the abyss.
There were certain parts of this novel that seemed to touch aspects of my own life. I too had a brother who seemed to have perfect health. My older brother could fail to brush his teeth for a year and not get a cavity. He rarely had a headache, a fever, a cold. He was an Army Ranger and later a decorated helicopter pilot. I was the opposite. Flat feet, pigeon-toed, diabetic, rheumatic, thyroid issues, bad teeth, Marfan syndrome, heart issues, struggling with pain nearly every day of my life.
There seems to exists in brothers that share this weird imbalance a measured shadow. At one level there is care and concern and on another level an almost hero worship that easily slides (at times) into a jealousy and enviousness that makes one empathetic to Cain.
Anyway, this is a very human novel about loneliness, aging, relationships, memory and death. It isn't perfect and far from Roth's best, but it is still very good and FAR better than .
March 10, 2017
螌蟽慰 渭蔚纬伪位蠋谓蠅 魏伪喂 尉伪谓伪未喂伪尾维味蠅 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀 Roth 蟿慰谓 蔚魏蟿喂渭蠋 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 伪纬伪蟺蠋 伪魏蠈渭畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽慰蟿蔚蟻慰.螣 Roth 蔚委谓伪喂 慰喂 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼 渭慰蠀,慰喂 蟺蟻慰尾位畏渭伪蟿喂蟽渭慰委 渭慰蠀.螘委谓伪喂 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿萎蟼,魏蠀谓喂魏蠈蟼 ,蟿蟻伪纬喂魏蠈蟼,蔚纬魏蔚蠁伪位喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蔚蟺委魏伪喂蟻慰蟼.螖蔚谓 蔚喂谓伪喂 慰位伪 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪位维 伪位位伪 苇蠂蔚喂 纬蟻维蠄蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀谓 蟺蔚蟻委慰蟺蟿畏 胃苇蟽畏 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 渭慰蠀.螘未蠋 蟿慰 胃苇渭伪 未蔚谓 蔚喂谓伪喂 未喂蠈位慰蠀 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰.螛谓畏蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪,苇蟽蠂伪蟿畏 渭慰谓伪蠂喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪.螠苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 位委纬蔚蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 谓伪 蟽蠀谓慰蠄委味蔚喂 慰蟿喂 渭蔚 伪蟺伪蟽蠂慰位蔚委 魏伪蟿伪 魏伪喂蟻慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蟿慰谓 尾蟻委蟽魏蠅 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 谓伪 渭慰蠀 魏位蔚委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 渭维蟿喂 渭蔚 蟽伪蟻未蠈谓喂慰 蠂伪渭蠈纬蔚位慰.
January 28, 2018
鈥淥ld age isn't a battle, old age is a massacre.鈥�
鈥淗e was no more, freed from
being, entering into nowhere without even knowing it. Just as he'd feared from the start.鈥�
鈥淗e was no more, freed from
being, entering into nowhere without even knowing it. Just as he'd feared from the start.鈥�
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July 29, 2021Philip Roth's roman says nothing new.
It is rather a confrontation of the author with death, justified, somehow, by the desire to revive a neglected medieval literary tradition, usually by contemporaries.
The play begins when "Death" (personified) - announces to Everyman ( a character that represents the whole of humanity) - that time has passed, and he must prepare for the great End.
Shocked, the man goes through different reactions : from denial - to fear, despair, and finally, - to acceptance. Although he tries to persuade others characters to join him on this road ( Beauty, Knowledge, Power ) - he is abandoned by all, and, on this road it is accompanied only by "Good Acts" ( the moralizing-christian character of the play is quite clear).
To preserve the specificity of the piece, we don't know the name of protagonist, - who can, obviously, be anyone.
Roth's story seems to have a reverse morality : we all have a death, the more immortal is how we live our lives.
"Everyman" - does not have to be a story of death, but rather the one of life. That's why Roth starts with the character's death, and then it returns to life.
It is not important that a man died, but that a man lived.
It is rather a confrontation of the author with death, justified, somehow, by the desire to revive a neglected medieval literary tradition, usually by contemporaries.
The play begins when "Death" (personified) - announces to Everyman ( a character that represents the whole of humanity) - that time has passed, and he must prepare for the great End.
Shocked, the man goes through different reactions : from denial - to fear, despair, and finally, - to acceptance. Although he tries to persuade others characters to join him on this road ( Beauty, Knowledge, Power ) - he is abandoned by all, and, on this road it is accompanied only by "Good Acts" ( the moralizing-christian character of the play is quite clear).
To preserve the specificity of the piece, we don't know the name of protagonist, - who can, obviously, be anyone.
Roth's story seems to have a reverse morality : we all have a death, the more immortal is how we live our lives.
"Everyman" - does not have to be a story of death, but rather the one of life. That's why Roth starts with the character's death, and then it returns to life.
It is not important that a man died, but that a man lived.
November 19, 2018
Il protagonista ha vissuto una vita intensa, ha provato gioie dolori , 猫 passato attraverso tre matrimoni, dai quali ha avuto tre figli ; due figli che non lo amano affatto ed una figlia Nancy che invece lo adora, ha perso entrambi i genitori ed invidia suo fratello per l鈥檕ttima salute. La stessa saluta che a lui ha voltato le spalle . Cardiopatico , spesso ricoverato i ricordi gli fanno spesso compagnia.
鈥淟a vecchiaia non 猫 una battaglia, 猫 un massacro 鈥� .
Nonostante tutto il nostro protagonista vive tutto in modo disincantato come se non lo riguardasse, sembra sereno . Poche parole per esprimere il mio parere per questo mio primo Roth , un capolavoro sulla vita , morte e rassegnazione intesa come serena accettazione.
鈥溍� impossibile rifare la realt脿, devi prendere le cose come vengono 鈥�
鈥淟a vecchiaia non 猫 una battaglia, 猫 un massacro 鈥� .
Nonostante tutto il nostro protagonista vive tutto in modo disincantato come se non lo riguardasse, sembra sereno . Poche parole per esprimere il mio parere per questo mio primo Roth , un capolavoro sulla vita , morte e rassegnazione intesa come serena accettazione.
鈥溍� impossibile rifare la realt脿, devi prendere le cose come vengono 鈥�
September 18, 2009
My first Philip Roth novel.
I listened to it on audio. If you don't think that counts, I understand. I personally think that if it invalidates my opinion, it isn't by much. I think in this case, my basic reaction would have been the same, whether viewed with the eye or listened with the ear.
I've heard passionate arguments for and against Philip Roth here on goodreads for quite some time now. He's one of only a handful of modern-day American writers with boatloads of awards and a strong literary reputation. This is indisputable. If you go to you'll see that six -- count them, SIX -- of his novels are in The NY Times "Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years" report.
That's very impressive.
Needless to say, I've been jonesing to get my hands on his work.
And after experiencing this, I'm wondering how he has this glowing reputation. Everyman bored me like no novel has in months. It didn't capture my imagination in the least, and at best, only tickled my intellectual curiosity. It was utterly predictable and lacked heavily in both creativity, and passion.
It's about a man getting old in age, facing the prospect of death, looking back on his life, mostly with regret. His failures include cheating on his wife with both his secretary, and with a model half his age. He is afraid of Al-Qaeda after 9/11, and moves out of the city fearing another attack. Neither his regrets -- which are all familiar ones, such as not spending enough time with family -- nor his thoughts about death, are in the least bit novel or interesting.
I also got a feeling that this novel was self serving, like Roth got-off while writing this, falling in love with his descriptions, trying to sound smart. But phrases like "鈥渧itriolic despondency" don't impress me. In fact, they irritate me. To add to that affect, he overplayed the sex theme in all the tired ways, without any spark or flair.
Roth's attempt here is an admirable one in that he faces the issue of old age and death, head-on. But Everyman seemed so forced and play-by-the-book, it was like a high school student wrote the plot. I realize that that's part of Roth's point. With the protagonist not having a name, just being "everyman", the story isn't supposed to come to life. It's supposed to represent the fact that we are all going to have to face, and struggle with, death -- and that it's not pretty. And the topic of death -- when written of with heart, depth, and an appreciation for some of life's magic -- can be capturing to read about. But the affect this had on me was a state of depression, and a general confusion as to Roth's iconic status.
Wondering what I was missing about Roth, I checked to see if this novel was one of the six on the NY Times list I shared earlier. It is not. In fact, what I found was this: "In the course of Everyman Mr. Roth captures the more depressing aspects of aging....But these harrowing evocations of age and infirmity do not a novel make. This book often reads like a laundry list of complaints about the human condition." - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
So maybe the Times is right about Roth. Maybe this is just one of his worst books. I won't give up on him yet, but I have to admit that my one Philip Roth experience was not a positive one.
I listened to it on audio. If you don't think that counts, I understand. I personally think that if it invalidates my opinion, it isn't by much. I think in this case, my basic reaction would have been the same, whether viewed with the eye or listened with the ear.
I've heard passionate arguments for and against Philip Roth here on goodreads for quite some time now. He's one of only a handful of modern-day American writers with boatloads of awards and a strong literary reputation. This is indisputable. If you go to you'll see that six -- count them, SIX -- of his novels are in The NY Times "Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years" report.
That's very impressive.
Needless to say, I've been jonesing to get my hands on his work.
And after experiencing this, I'm wondering how he has this glowing reputation. Everyman bored me like no novel has in months. It didn't capture my imagination in the least, and at best, only tickled my intellectual curiosity. It was utterly predictable and lacked heavily in both creativity, and passion.
It's about a man getting old in age, facing the prospect of death, looking back on his life, mostly with regret. His failures include cheating on his wife with both his secretary, and with a model half his age. He is afraid of Al-Qaeda after 9/11, and moves out of the city fearing another attack. Neither his regrets -- which are all familiar ones, such as not spending enough time with family -- nor his thoughts about death, are in the least bit novel or interesting.
I also got a feeling that this novel was self serving, like Roth got-off while writing this, falling in love with his descriptions, trying to sound smart. But phrases like "鈥渧itriolic despondency" don't impress me. In fact, they irritate me. To add to that affect, he overplayed the sex theme in all the tired ways, without any spark or flair.
Roth's attempt here is an admirable one in that he faces the issue of old age and death, head-on. But Everyman seemed so forced and play-by-the-book, it was like a high school student wrote the plot. I realize that that's part of Roth's point. With the protagonist not having a name, just being "everyman", the story isn't supposed to come to life. It's supposed to represent the fact that we are all going to have to face, and struggle with, death -- and that it's not pretty. And the topic of death -- when written of with heart, depth, and an appreciation for some of life's magic -- can be capturing to read about. But the affect this had on me was a state of depression, and a general confusion as to Roth's iconic status.
Wondering what I was missing about Roth, I checked to see if this novel was one of the six on the NY Times list I shared earlier. It is not. In fact, what I found was this: "In the course of Everyman Mr. Roth captures the more depressing aspects of aging....But these harrowing evocations of age and infirmity do not a novel make. This book often reads like a laundry list of complaints about the human condition." - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
So maybe the Times is right about Roth. Maybe this is just one of his worst books. I won't give up on him yet, but I have to admit that my one Philip Roth experience was not a positive one.
September 21, 2007
I was a little nervous about reading Everyman. I didn't know if I wanted to subject myself to a book I knew was going to be such a downer, nor was I in a hurry to be reminded that I'm going to die one day and that growing old will be a terrifying experience.
But now that I've finished it, I don't think it'll keep me up at night like I had thought it would. This book is less about the horror of facing your inevitable death, and more about the hell you can create for yourself in old age if you lived like a bastard your whole life.
I know Phillip Roth would punch me in the face for saying this, but I think that even though he so vehemently argues against religion in Everyman, the book actually kinda creates a case for, if not religion, then at least living by some kind of moral code. I got the feeling that if his protagonist had just been a better person, the difficulties of old age and impeding death wouldn't have been so terrible. In the end, Everyman, for me, was about how old age is bad but loneliness is worse.
But now that I've finished it, I don't think it'll keep me up at night like I had thought it would. This book is less about the horror of facing your inevitable death, and more about the hell you can create for yourself in old age if you lived like a bastard your whole life.
I know Phillip Roth would punch me in the face for saying this, but I think that even though he so vehemently argues against religion in Everyman, the book actually kinda creates a case for, if not religion, then at least living by some kind of moral code. I got the feeling that if his protagonist had just been a better person, the difficulties of old age and impeding death wouldn't have been so terrible. In the end, Everyman, for me, was about how old age is bad but loneliness is worse.
December 26, 2019
L'amaro bilancio colto dal protagonista dopo un drammatico viaggio tra i ricordi. Una vita di macerie alla quale non 猫 concessa redenzione o espiazione, ma solo il rimorso indotto dalla raggiunta consapevolezza. Un'analisi attenta, stesa con uno stile impeccabile. Un romanzo amaro, ma indimenticabile
August 31, 2012
If I have it my way, I would have included the book in the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Why? This book teaches, or reminds, us on what really matters in life. This prepares us on what to do when it is time to face the music: of getting old, of facing death. I know that sounds like a clich茅, but Roth seemed to have poured his heart out in this book. Roth was 71 when he was writing this and the sequence of his life, e.g., series of sickness and divorces, is said to parallel the life of the unnamed narrator in this book. So, while reading the book, I felt I was reading Roth鈥檚 narrating as himself. And boy, he is in pain!
The story opens during the narrator鈥檚 burial day. In attendance are his few loved ones. Judging from the number of the people witnessing his coffin being lowered to the ground and listening to the thoughts of the people who he might have loved or might have loved him, one can right away deduce that his was not a well-lived life. He died at 71 yet he agonized finally living this world with his what-if鈥檚, what I could have done better, what went wrong, etc.
I dog-eared some of the pages with some of the thought-provoking lines that I encountered and they are enough to summarize the message of this book without spewing spoilers:
However, this last phrase nicely recaps all the quotes above. During the last years of our life on earth or when we breath our last, this is all that I think matters:
And yet, why wait for the time that we are dying? We are all born to die. So, everyman should always try to live each day as it if is his last.
The story opens during the narrator鈥檚 burial day. In attendance are his few loved ones. Judging from the number of the people witnessing his coffin being lowered to the ground and listening to the thoughts of the people who he might have loved or might have loved him, one can right away deduce that his was not a well-lived life. He died at 71 yet he agonized finally living this world with his what-if鈥檚, what I could have done better, what went wrong, etc.
I dog-eared some of the pages with some of the thought-provoking lines that I encountered and they are enough to summarize the message of this book without spewing spoilers:
鈥漈here鈥檚 no remaking reality,鈥� she told him. 鈥淛ust take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes.鈥� p.5This line is uttered by the narrator鈥檚 daughter Nancyby his second marriage. She is the only two 鈥� the other being his older brother Howie who seems to have loved the narrator, her father, sincerely. I loved Nancy because I hope or I know to some extent that my own daughter would be like her when I become really old and gray.
鈥漎ou wicked bastards! You sulky fuckers! You condemning little shits! Would everything be different, he asked himself, if I鈥檇 been different and done things differently? Would it all be less lonely than it is now? Of course it would! But this is what I did! I am seventy-one. This is the man I have made. This is what I did to get here, and there鈥檚 nothing more to be said!鈥�pp. 97-98While Nancy is sprinkling the dirt (soil) unto her father's coffin, Roth presents the back story of the narrator, told in the narrator鈥檚 (corpse) point-of-view. So, the narrator speaks to the reader in monologue akin to Hamlet spewing his innermost thoughts mostly in anger, pain, regret and utter loneliness. There are many lines like this and so the narration could really be depressing. Don鈥檛 read this book if you want a happy read!
鈥漁ld age is a battle, dear, if not with this (drug), then with that (weariness). It鈥檚 an unrelenting battle and just that when you鈥檙e at your weakest and least to call up your old fight.鈥�pp. 143-144The words in parenthesis are my interpretation based on the previous statements in this hospital scene when the narrator鈥檚 health condition is turning from worse to worst. This metaphor of battle for old age is introduced in the portion but will be reversed by Roth later in the next quote like a two-step ascending crescendo in a dark funereal orchestra.
鈥漁ld age isn鈥檛 a battle; old age is a massacre.鈥�p. 156Probably the most quoted part of this book鈥檚 narrative. It is a reality that old age leads us to death. Prior to that, it makes us ugly: wrinkles, expanding waistline, stooping posture, white hairs, shrinking, fluffier face, swollen joints, pigmented and dull skin, etc. However, for me, focusing on these is forgetting that: Old age is a bliss too. If you played your cards well when you are young and strong, chances are you are financially-secured when you become old and frail: no more children鈥檚 education to support, debt-free so you can sleep all you want, you can get up in the morning really late, you can read all the books you want, you can see all the movies you fancy seeing and you can do nasty things to young people and they would ignore or forgive you quite easily compared when you were younger and so people were less forgiving.
However, this last phrase nicely recaps all the quotes above. During the last years of our life on earth or when we breath our last, this is all that I think matters:
鈥滾ook back and atone for what you can atone for, and make the best of what you have left.鈥�p. 171Even if we do our best, as human beings, we cannot avoid hurting people. So, we say sorry. So we learn from our mistakes. Yet, we always stumble. We always fall. But we raise up again and again. As life goes on and on.
And yet, why wait for the time that we are dying? We are all born to die. So, everyman should always try to live each day as it if is his last.
August 5, 2018
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乇噩賱 賲丕鬲 賵鬲賲 廿毓賱丕賳 噩賳丕夭鬲賴 貙 賷毓賵丿 亘賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 賱賷爻乇丿 丨賰丕賷鬲賴 丕賱賲賲賱丞 丕賱賰卅賷亘丞 貙 賷爻鬲乇噩毓 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賲賵丕賯賮 賵兀丨丿丕孬 睾賷乇 爻毓賷丿丞 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 賰賲丕 賱賵 兀賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賲禺賱賵賯 賲賳 丕賱賰丌亘丞貙 賲丕賱匕賷 賲乇 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇噩賱 爻賵賶 丕賱賲乇囟 賵丕賱賯賱賯 賵丕賱禺賵賮 丕賱賲夭賲賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 貙 乇噩賱 賷丨賲賱 賰賲賷丞 睾賷乇 毓丕丿賷丞 賲賳 丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞貙 丨爻賵丿貙 賷賴乇亘 丿丕卅賲丕賸 賲賳 賲爻丐賵賱賷丕鬲賴 " 丕賱兀亘 丕賱賮丕卮賱貙 丕賱兀禺 丕賱丨爻賵丿貙 丕賱夭賵噩 丕賱賲夭丿賵噩貙 丕賱廿亘賳 丕賱囟毓賷賮 " 貙 賴賰匕丕 鬲賲鬲毓 丕賱乇噩賱 亘爻賷乇丞 睾賷乇 噩賷丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 賱丕 賲毓 丕賱賳丕爻 賵賱丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 貙 賲睾丕賲乇 噩賳爻賷 " 賰匕賱賰 賰丕賳 賲夭賷賮丕賸 賮賷 賰賱 卮賷亍 貙 毓丿丕 兀賳賴 噩丕卅毓 賱賱噩賳爻 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 " 貙 胤賱賯 孬賱丕孬 賲乇丕鬲貙 賱賲 鬲鬲丨賲賱賴 廿賲乇兀丞 兀賵 亘丕賱兀丨乇賶 賴賵 賲賳 賰丕賳 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱毓賷卮 賲毓 兀丨丿 賱賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 .. 廿爻鬲賴賵鬲賴 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲丕賮賴丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 禺丕囟 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賰鬲噩乇亘丞 賱丕 賰睾丕賷丞貙 毓丕卮 賮賷 賲毓馗賲 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵丨賷丿丕賸 賱兀賳賴 賱賲 賷鬲毓賱賲 兀賳 賷禺賱氐 賱兀丨丿貙 賱賲 賷鬲毓賱賲 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 匕丕 卮兀賳 貙 賰丕賳 丿丕卅賲丕賸 毓賱賶 丨丕賮丞 卮賷亍 賲丕 ..
丕賱噩賵 丕賱毓丕賲 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰卅賷亘 賳賵毓丕賸 賲丕貙 賮賷賴丕 丕賱胤丕亘毓 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷 丕賱賲賲賷夭 賲毓 卮賷亍 賲賳 亘爻丕胤丞 丕賱爻乇丿 賵毓丿賲 丕賱禺賵囟 賮賷 丕賱胤丕亘毓 丕賱毓賲賷賯 賮賷 賲毓丕賱噩丞 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 賱丕 賷匕賴亘 亘賰 亘毓賷丿丕賸 賮賷 鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 賵廿賱賯丕亍 丕賱賱賵賲 毓賱賶 兀丨丿貙 廿賳賴 賰丕鬲亘 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 賱丕 賷乇賴賯 賳賮爻賴 亘丕賱鬲賳賯賷亘 丿丕禺賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞貙 賷鬲乇賰 丕賱賲噩丕賱 賱賱賯丕乇賷亍 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賴賰匕丕 貙 賮賷賱賷亘 乇賵孬 賰丕鬲亘 亘爻賷胤 睾賷乇 賲鬲賰賱賮 賷賳賯賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘賷賳 丕賱兀夭賲賳丞 亘禺賮丞 貙 賱賰賳 賲毓 匕賱賰 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱廿乇賴丕賯 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵賰兀賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱毓噩賵夭 賯丿 兀賱賯賷鬲 毓賱賶 賰丕賴賱賰 ..
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 毓賱賶 賮賰乇丞 貙 賱丕 鬲賳丕爻亘 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱匕賷賳 賷亘丨孬賵賳 毓賳 賯氐丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 丿丕禺賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 貙 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賵噩丿 卮賷亍 爻賵賶 氐乇丕毓 廿賳爻丕賳 賲毓 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲賵鬲 ..
March 24, 2022
芦韦伪 纬畏蟻伪蟿蔚喂维 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 渭维蠂畏 , 蟿伪 纬畏蟻伪蟿蔚喂维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽蠁伪纬萎禄 危蟿慰 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委慰 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟺喂慰 蠋蟻喂渭伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿伪 慰 蟺维谓蟿伪 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 伪尉蔚蟺苇蟻伪蟽蟿慰蟼 纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪 桅委位喂蟺 巍慰胃 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿伪 纬畏蟻伪蟿蔚喂维 , 蟿慰 蠁蠈尾慰 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀 , 蟿喂蟼 蟿蠉蠄蔚喂蟼 , 蟿畏 蟽蟿蠅喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 , 蟿慰 伪谓伪蟺蠈蠁蔚蠀魏蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼.
November 26, 2022
蹖讴蹖 賲孬賱 賴賲賴貙 卮丕蹖丿 丿乇 馗丕賴乇 乇賲丕賳蹖 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賵 爻丕丿賴 亘丕卮丿貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 亘丕胤賳 乇賵丕蹖鬲 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥� 賵 鬲賯丕亘賱 丕卮讴鈥屬囏� 賵 賱亘禺賳丿賴丕爻鬲...
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖讴 毓賲乇 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥� 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 亘蹖鈥屬嗀з� 丕爻鬲(卮丕蹖丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 毓賲丿丕 賳丕賲蹖 亘乇丕蹖卮 賳诏匕丕卮鬲賴 讴賴 賴賲丕賳賳丿 毓賳賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲丕 亘诏賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賮賯胤 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 賳蹖爻鬲貙 亘賱讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴乇 賲乇丿蹖 亘丕卮丿.) 讴賴 丿乇 爻賳 賴賮鬲丕丿 賵 蹖讴 爻丕賱诏蹖 賲乇丿賴 賵 囟賲賳 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 鬲丕 賲乇诏貙 賲丕 乇丕 亘丕 趩丕賱卮鈥屬囏й� 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屫ж簇� 丕毓賲 丕夭 毓賵丕胤賮貙 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲貙 爻賱丕賲鬲 賵 乇賵丕亘胤 亘丕 丕胤乇丕賮蹖丕賳卮 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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賮蹖賱蹖倬 乇丕孬 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫促嗀ж呚� 丿乇 丨蹖賳 賲胤丕賱毓賴鈥屰� 芦禺蹖乇賴 亘賴 禺賵乇卮蹖丿禄 賲禺賱賵賯 蹖丕賱賵賲 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 賲賳 乇丕 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴鈥屰� 芦丕賵乇蹖 賲賳禄 賱蹖賳讴 讴乇丿貙 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 乇丕 賳蹖丕賮鬲賲 丕賲丕 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴鈥屰� 噩爻鬲噩賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇爻蹖丿賲 讴賴 賲乇鬲亘胤 丕爻鬲 亘丕 賲賵囟賵毓 丌賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 賵 毓賳賵丕賳卮 賳蹖夭 賴賲丕賳 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 賳亘賵丿 賲毓丕丿賱 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕蹖賳 毓賳賵丕賳 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖卮 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲.
賳賯賱鈥屬傎堎� 賳丕賲賴
"賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丕夭 賳賵 爻丕禺鬲. 賴賲丕賳鈥屫焚堌� 讴賴 賴爻鬲 賯亘賵賱卮 讴賳. 爻乇 噩丕蹖鬲 賲丨讴賲 亘丕蹖爻鬲 賵 亘丕 丌賳 乇賵亘乇賵 卮賵."
"賵賯鬲蹖 噩賵丕賳 賴爻鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 噩賱賵賴鈥屰� 亘蹖乇賵賳蹖 亘丿賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賴賲蹖鬲 丿丕乇丿貙 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 丕夭 亘蹖乇賵賳 趩賴鈥屫焚堌� 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫③屰�. 賵賯鬲蹖 倬丕 亘賴 爻賳 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж臂� 丌賳鈥屭嗁� 丿乇賵賳 丕爻鬲 丕賴賲蹖鬲 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿蹖诏乇 亘乇丕蹖 讴爻蹖 賲賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 趩賴 卮讴賱蹖 賴爻鬲蹖."
"亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲噩亘賵乇蹖 鬲丨賲賱卮 讴賳蹖... 蹖丕 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃� 蹖丕 睾乇賯 賲蹖鈥屫促堐�. 亘丕蹖丿 爻禺鬲 鬲賱丕卮 讴賳蹖 鬲丕 匕賴賳 诏乇爻賳賴鈥屫ж� 乇丕 丕夭 賳诏丕賴 亘賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 亘丕夭 丿丕乇蹖 鬲丕 賳丕亘賵丿 賳卮賵蹖."
讴丕乇賳丕賲赖
鬲賳賴丕 蹖讴 爻鬲丕乇賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴爻乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 讴賴 丿乇 丨賯 禺賵丕氐 賴賲 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴 丿丕丿賴鈥屫з� 丕噩丨丕賮 賳卮賵丿貙 賵诏乇賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖貙 卮蹖賵丕 賵 乇賵丕賳 丕爻鬲.
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丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖讴 毓賲乇 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥� 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 亘蹖鈥屬嗀з� 丕爻鬲(卮丕蹖丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 毓賲丿丕 賳丕賲蹖 亘乇丕蹖卮 賳诏匕丕卮鬲賴 讴賴 賴賲丕賳賳丿 毓賳賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲丕 亘诏賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賮賯胤 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 賳蹖爻鬲貙 亘賱讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴乇 賲乇丿蹖 亘丕卮丿.) 讴賴 丿乇 爻賳 賴賮鬲丕丿 賵 蹖讴 爻丕賱诏蹖 賲乇丿賴 賵 囟賲賳 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 鬲丕 賲乇诏貙 賲丕 乇丕 亘丕 趩丕賱卮鈥屬囏й� 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屫ж簇� 丕毓賲 丕夭 毓賵丕胤賮貙 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲貙 爻賱丕賲鬲 賵 乇賵丕亘胤 亘丕 丕胤乇丕賮蹖丕賳卮 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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賮蹖賱蹖倬 乇丕孬 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫促嗀ж呚� 丿乇 丨蹖賳 賲胤丕賱毓賴鈥屰� 芦禺蹖乇賴 亘賴 禺賵乇卮蹖丿禄 賲禺賱賵賯 蹖丕賱賵賲 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 賲賳 乇丕 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴鈥屰� 芦丕賵乇蹖 賲賳禄 賱蹖賳讴 讴乇丿貙 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 乇丕 賳蹖丕賮鬲賲 丕賲丕 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴鈥屰� 噩爻鬲噩賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇爻蹖丿賲 讴賴 賲乇鬲亘胤 丕爻鬲 亘丕 賲賵囟賵毓 丌賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 賵 毓賳賵丕賳卮 賳蹖夭 賴賲丕賳 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 賳亘賵丿 賲毓丕丿賱 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕蹖賳 毓賳賵丕賳 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖卮 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲.
賳賯賱鈥屬傎堎� 賳丕賲賴
"賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丕夭 賳賵 爻丕禺鬲. 賴賲丕賳鈥屫焚堌� 讴賴 賴爻鬲 賯亘賵賱卮 讴賳. 爻乇 噩丕蹖鬲 賲丨讴賲 亘丕蹖爻鬲 賵 亘丕 丌賳 乇賵亘乇賵 卮賵."
"賵賯鬲蹖 噩賵丕賳 賴爻鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 噩賱賵賴鈥屰� 亘蹖乇賵賳蹖 亘丿賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賴賲蹖鬲 丿丕乇丿貙 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 丕夭 亘蹖乇賵賳 趩賴鈥屫焚堌� 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫③屰�. 賵賯鬲蹖 倬丕 亘賴 爻賳 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж臂� 丌賳鈥屭嗁� 丿乇賵賳 丕爻鬲 丕賴賲蹖鬲 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿蹖诏乇 亘乇丕蹖 讴爻蹖 賲賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 趩賴 卮讴賱蹖 賴爻鬲蹖."
"亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲噩亘賵乇蹖 鬲丨賲賱卮 讴賳蹖... 蹖丕 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃� 蹖丕 睾乇賯 賲蹖鈥屫促堐�. 亘丕蹖丿 爻禺鬲 鬲賱丕卮 讴賳蹖 鬲丕 匕賴賳 诏乇爻賳賴鈥屫ж� 乇丕 丕夭 賳诏丕賴 亘賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 亘丕夭 丿丕乇蹖 鬲丕 賳丕亘賵丿 賳卮賵蹖."
讴丕乇賳丕賲赖
鬲賳賴丕 蹖讴 爻鬲丕乇賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴爻乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 讴賴 丿乇 丨賯 禺賵丕氐 賴賲 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴 丿丕丿賴鈥屫з� 丕噩丨丕賮 賳卮賵丿貙 賵诏乇賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖貙 卮蹖賵丕 賵 乇賵丕賳 丕爻鬲.
倬賳噩賲 丌匕乇賲丕賴 蹖讴鈥屬囏藏ж� 賵 趩賴丕乇氐丿 賵 蹖讴
August 23, 2018
"Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.鈥�
No soy un lector frecuente de Roth, pero lo que he le铆do de 茅l hasta ahora me muestra un autor con una prosa extraordinaria y un manejo de la profundidad humana impecable. En este caso, me encontr茅 con un Roth que recuerda a Don DeLillo. Porque Everyman trata sobre la desesperaci贸n, de la decadencia, la soledad y la irresponsabilidad, pero principalmente sobre la muerte. El protagonista de esta historia es un hombre grande que a medida que va ganando a帽os, su consciencia de la muerte se acrecienta, as铆 como sus visitas al hospital. Esto puede llegar a volverse repetitivo por momentos, pero esa repetici贸n, creo yo, es la gracia del libro: su mente resiste pero el cuerpo se quiebra. Fant谩stico trabajo de este autor al que debo leer m谩s. Uno de los mejores libros sobre la decadencia y el dolor que he le铆do. Muy recomendado.
No soy un lector frecuente de Roth, pero lo que he le铆do de 茅l hasta ahora me muestra un autor con una prosa extraordinaria y un manejo de la profundidad humana impecable. En este caso, me encontr茅 con un Roth que recuerda a Don DeLillo. Porque Everyman trata sobre la desesperaci贸n, de la decadencia, la soledad y la irresponsabilidad, pero principalmente sobre la muerte. El protagonista de esta historia es un hombre grande que a medida que va ganando a帽os, su consciencia de la muerte se acrecienta, as铆 como sus visitas al hospital. Esto puede llegar a volverse repetitivo por momentos, pero esa repetici贸n, creo yo, es la gracia del libro: su mente resiste pero el cuerpo se quiebra. Fant谩stico trabajo de este autor al que debo leer m谩s. Uno de los mejores libros sobre la decadencia y el dolor que he le铆do. Muy recomendado.
January 5, 2016
It has now been about three years since Philip Roth, then 79, famously announced his retirement from fiction writing. In a look back over Roth鈥檚 career鈥攕panning half a century and 30 books鈥�Everyman (2006) might fade into the background, especially given the book鈥檚 novella length. But to overlook it would be a mistake: This is a near-perfect fable about the life we build through decades of small choices and the death that is always lying in wait, whether we feel ready or not.
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