![]() ![]() ![]() Beginning with the 1969 adaptation of his National Book Award-winning debut Goodbye, Columbus, Roth and his work have seen a good amount of onscreen representation, not only by way of other adaptations of his work, but also - and more interestingly - in fictionalized versions of himself. Considered by many to rank among the greatest American novelists of all time, Roth also accumulated a large share of detractors throughout his 51-year career, who often accused him of purveying, rather than simply portraying, many of the themes his writing was synonymous with - namely misogyny and egomania.Īs a result, Roth - both the man and the idea - became impossible to ignore, not only for readers of fiction, but also filmmakers. This month saw the passing of Philip Roth, as important - and no less controversial - a figure to the field of literature as Ty Cobb was to baseball, or Pablo Picasso was to painting. ![]()
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