tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post116567603988849179..comments2024-01-31T01:40:57.553-06:00Comments on Adventures in Reading: Reading Philip RothJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-1165764274056385292006-12-10T09:24:00.000-06:002006-12-10T09:24:00.000-06:00The Nobel for literature just doesn't have the mea...The Nobel for literature just doesn't have the meaning to me that the Pulitzer does even though I've been underwhelmed by most Pulitzer winning works. <BR/><BR/>That said, I'd love to see Roth pick up a second Pulitzer (I was hoping for The Plot Against America, but that didn't happen)Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-1165703863232476472006-12-09T16:37:00.000-06:002006-12-09T16:37:00.000-06:00Those three books are some of the greatest I've re...Those three books are some of the greatest I've read. Keep crossing my fingers that Roth'll win the Nobel each year, but I guess he must be too "standard" for the fellas in the Swedish Academy. <BR/><BR/>Human Stain was amazing but it's some of the passages in American Pastoral that I keep coming back to (especially that paragraph on how we always get each other wrong).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com