Comments on: Philip Roth Three-peats the PEN/Faulkner http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Roth Wins the Bellow http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/comment-page-1/#comment-39618 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Roth Wins the Bellow Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:37:13 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/#comment-39618 [...] Hey, didn’t Roth just win the PEN/Faulkner, too? I’ve got an idea for a new award: the PEN/Roth, which could in its inaugural year be given to…Philip Roth! [...]

]]> By: maggie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/comment-page-1/#comment-29670 maggie Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:04:43 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/#comment-29670 Yes! EveryRoth! ;D

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/comment-page-1/#comment-29620 Keir Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:18:55 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/#comment-29620 I know I bring The Road into everything, but still, I thought McCarthy did a great job of — at the moment when the reader feels the author has stripped away the last vestige of hope — giving us a little glimmer that all is not lost.

How about EveryRoth?

]]> By: maggie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/comment-page-1/#comment-29555 maggie Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:49:54 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/26/philip-roth-three-peats-the-penfaulkner/#comment-29555 I had a little trouble with Everyman. I didn’t think Roth’s everyman was a fair representation of America’s everyman. I went back and read the play, too.

Everyman must die, yea, yea, but not all are so damned to his everyman’s pessimism. He should have named the book One Man, or better yet, Roth.

I also know what Roth would think of my comment. He would attack the religious angle I’m possibly danglin’, but I’m not even thinking religion. He successfully shows humanity through his everyman, but misses humankinds need for hope, b/c he would think it religious poppy-cock. Man needs hope and he can certainly hope he will make great fertilizer for the next generations…

I know, I know. I’m kooky commentor and I need to save it for the book club. :)

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