This book gets two stars and I nearly always give five with my reviews. I picked up and read this book when my daughter accidentally left it behind on the kitchen table. Otherwise I would have read a cereal packet and might have been less irritated. The title alone is irritating. Philip Roth write...
Wenn ich mich bei meinen Buch-Freunden umsehe, dann fällt auf, dass dieses Werk extrem stark polarisiert. Die einen lieben es, die anderen finden kein gutes Haar an ihm. Ich bin diesmal wie so oft in der Mitte und kann sowohl die Begeisterung als auch die Ablehnung verstehen, so wie ich hier auch d...
Życie jest teatrem, każdy odgrywa w nim jakąś rolę. Zadając dickensowskie pytanie, czy jest głównym bohaterem, czy rolę odgrywa ktoś inny? Jednak całe życie poświęcamy sztuce życia. Okazuje się jednak, że nie jest to takie proste. W trakcie spektaklu życia jesteśmy odtwórcami nie tylko pierwszoplano...
Powieść Philipa Rotha z 1997 roku to jedna z najważniejszych pozycji w jego obszernej bibliografii.Amerykańska sielanka stanowi pierwszą (i najlepszą) część cyklu powieści o najnowszej historii Stanów Zjednoczonych – pozostałe to Wyszłam za komunistę i Ludzka skaza. Powieść jest też jedną z najbardz...
2.5 stars I really enjoy Philip Roth short stories - and that's saying something, because overall, I generally don't like short stories. So when I got this book (thank you CZH), I was very excited to read one of his books, and a Pulitzer Prize winner, no less! It took me weeks to get through the...
I came to this book not out of interest in the novels of Philip Roth, but as a fan of alternate history. And this book is unlike any alternate history novel I have ever read, or am ever likely to read. In essence, it's a faux-memoir of the childhood of "Philip Roth," a Jewish kid growing up in an Am...
Roth’s last book and my first Roth’s book. As any of my school teachers could tell you – I have absolutely zero respect for authority, so I approached Philip Roth with exactly as much reverence as I would have for any first time writer in their 20s. Additionally, I find Roth’s rabid fanboys the most...
At first I really didn't like this book. After 10 pages or so I went back to the dust cover to orient myself, then started again. About half way through, I didn't hate it, and decided to persevere because I trust the taste of the friend who recommended it, and I usually like PR's writing. By the end...
This book was lent to me by my sister, who vaguely recollected that I liked the odd alternative history yarn here and there and suggested I read it ASAP. However, what I don't think she'd quite grasped was that my idea of 'alternative history' is really just fantastical tales of Victorian ladies and...
It seemed ok at first, but after awhile, it felt like the main character changed quite drastically, without any clear reason why. None of the characters seemed very likeable, and it all just really dragged on too much. Time to "let go" (oh ho!) and move on to a better book!
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