I guess I was under the impression that reading Philip Roth was like watching an un-funny Woody Allen movie. If that's not the case, mebbe he is worth trying. (One does get tired of middle-aged men worrying about their sex appeal, moreso when they can fantasize themselves supermodel girlfriends.)
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Nutty - Feb 01, 2005 10:43:53 am PST #6972 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
JZ - Feb 01, 2005 11:00:58 am PST #6973 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Nutty, who gave you this woefully wrong-headed impression of Roth? 'Cause Ima have to hunt that person down and engage in a little corrrective literary criticism by way of pummeling and ass-thumping.
Of course, I say this as someone who even liked The Breast (okay, maybe not liked, but I thought it was desperately peculiar and never boring), but still.
erikaj - Feb 01, 2005 11:01:44 am PST #6974 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
"What? And he should kiss his mother with that mouth?" Some of it is, but not exclusively. JZ, that was Philip Roth's Alien Cock Tree Story, you should forgive the expression. But mostly, wrod. Dude, no wonder you liked my fic. They're all Philip Roth impressions.
-t - Feb 01, 2005 11:02:46 am PST #6975 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've had Nutty's impression since reading Portnoy's Complaint. But I have trouble with humor, sometimes.
erikaj - Feb 01, 2005 11:09:30 am PST #6976 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I still want to write my Portnoy's Complaint. What? That is true of him, but that's not all there is.(It's part of what I like, but I'm a perv.) "Goodbye Columbus" is all literary and heartwarming, kind of. Socially conscious, too. And the later work is not quite as "ooh, sex!"
DavidS - Feb 01, 2005 12:32:35 pm PST #6977 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I guess I was under the impression that reading Philip Roth was like watching an un-funny Woody Allen movie. If that's not the case, mebbe he is worth trying. (One does get tired of middle-aged men worrying about their sex appeal, moreso when they can fantasize themselves supermodel girlfriends.)
C'mon, his baseball novel is like Rabelais set in the thirties. With a dash of Marx Brothers.
erikaj - Feb 01, 2005 12:58:15 pm PST #6978 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Wow, that's a perfect description. So impressed.
Scrappy - Feb 01, 2005 1:02:52 pm PST #6979 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hec is good like that.
erikaj - Feb 01, 2005 1:19:48 pm PST #6980 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, wrod.
flea - Feb 01, 2005 1:22:34 pm PST #6981 of 10002
information libertarian
In yes-we-are-sisters-but-I-am-continually-surprised-and-flattered-that-we-share-a-hivemind, I am Nutty WRT Philip Roth. But my experience is limited to Goodbye Columbus and various bits of nasty knowledge about his personal life gleaned from the NYT book review.