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| Original Title: | Everyman |
| ISBN: | 0307277712 (ISBN13: 9780307277718) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New Jersey(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2007) |
Philip Roth
Paperback | Pages: 182 pages Rating: 3.59 | 16043 Users | 1616 Reviews
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There is no more decorated American writer living today than Philip Roth, the New York Times best-selling author of American Pastoral, The Human Stain, and The Plot Against America. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and numerous other distinctions. The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.
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| Title | : | Everyman |
| Author | : | Philip Roth |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 182 pages |
| Published | : | April 10th 2007 by Vintage (first published May 9th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Literature. Novels. American |
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Ratings: 3.59 From 16043 Users | 1616 ReviewsNotice Based On Books Everyman
Old age isn't a battle, old age is a massacre.He was no more, freed frombeing, entering into nowhere without even knowing it. Just as he'd feared from the start.It has now been about three years since Philip Roth, then 79, famously announced his retirement from fiction writing. In a look back over Roths careerspanning half a century and 30 booksEveryman (2006) might fade into the background, especially given the books 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.My full review is now
MY STRUGGLE WITH THE WORLDS GREATEST LIVING NOVELIST ™When I checked how many Roth books Ive read I was shocked. Portnoys Complaint okay, it was allegedly quite naughty, so yeah, I read that. Operation Shylock 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 American Pastoral, what
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
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 cliché, 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
"Old age isn't a battle. Old age is a massacre."- Philip RothThe 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.
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
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