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Roth

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On November 9, 2012
Philip Roth, the greatest American writer of his era, claims to have retired. In the end, this might be a good thing, assuming he really retires. While his 90s and early 2000s resurgence was brilliant, his last novels were, uh, not very good. I had...

Saramago

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On March 15, 2012
Guernica is publishing a Jose Saramago short story in two parts. Here is the first. There's not much left unpublished from the great writer I presume. This story is part of a collection of short stories soon to be published. After that, I doubt there...

Henry Miller

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On January 30, 2012

Very interesting Jeanette Winterson take on Henry Miller in the Times Book Review. I suppose my problem with Miller isn't that he was a misogynist per se. Philip Roth is.

Pafko at the Wall

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On October 3, 2011
Underworld is a very fine novel worth reading in its bulky enterity, but the prologue is just spectacularly good. I'd call it the best writing about baseball ever except that this might faintly damn it through pigeonholing.    And I say this as someone who is...

More Freedom

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On December 29, 2010

Since SEK brought it up... Since what I have to say is predominantly negative, I should say that Freedom is not without its pleasures and accomplishments. Ruth Franklin's bottom line,.

Saramago

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On June 18, 2010
Jose Saramago has passed.  I discovered Saramago around the turn of the century, but have somehow found time to read almost the entirety of his English translated work.  My favorites: All the Names The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis The History of the...
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