Philip Roth
Born: 01-01-1933
Philip Roth was an acclaimed American novelist known for his provocative exploration of Jewish-American identity, sexuality, and the human psyche. Born in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, Roth gained fame with "Portnoy's Complaint" and won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for "American Pastoral." Renowned for his sharp wit and narrative innovation, Roth's work continues to influence modern literature. He passed away in 2018, leaving behind a lasting literary legacy.
Book summaries for books written by Philip Roth
Quotes
She has always been capable of impulsiveness but now she hasn’t the time...
There's nothing funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh, we laugh, with a will, in the beginning. But it's always the same thing. Yes, it's like the funny story we have heard too often, we still find it funny, but we don't laugh anymore.
How can he be so frightened of dying when he has pretty nearly always been dead?
All I am is another white dick for a Negro to suck! The long last creature to be made the victim of American Positioning!
Fantasies have to be unrealistic.
Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away.
Let's face it. I'm a magic man, Fred. I feel like a magician and I can do anything I want.
But in spite of being morons, most librarians are married, sad to say.
The fact that life transcends logic in no way invalidates logic. On the contrary, it validates it abundantly.
Human existence is shown ... to be unredeemable.
Funny things happen to you in this life of sin.
No one ever sees events or people as they really are, except in rare, fleeting glimpses. Yet that doesn't stop us from believing that even the most damaged of human beings has moments when everything is gleaming and wonderful.