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The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography

by Philip Roth

3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 · rating details · 552 ratings · 48 reviews

A rigorously unfictionalized narrative that protrays Roth unadorned -- as young artist, as student , as son, as lover, as husband, as American, as Jew -- and candidly examines how close the novels have been to, and how far from, autobiography.

Hardcover , 195 pages

Published September 1st 1988 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1988)

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Nov 13, 2013 Simona rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Attraverso una lettera indirizzata a Nathan Zuckerman, il suo alter ego, ma anche il protagonista di alcuni suoi romanzi, Roth scrive la sua autobiografia. Una autobiografia diversa, atipica che si snoda su cinque punti, che sono la tematica portante della sua vita da romanziere, ma soprattutto la sua vita di uomo.
In un percorso che va dal rapporto con i genitori, un rapporto molto dolce, ma anche troppo protettivo che l'hanno tenuto in una campana di vetro, ai primi successi, all'università si ...more

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Jun 28, 2014 Luís Paz da silva rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Comprei este livro para levar para as férias que hoje acabaram. Li-o em 2 dias. É uma auto-biografia do Philip Roth, engenhosamente construída: começa com uma carta aberta do Autor dirigida a um dos seus principais personagens (o seu alter-ego Nathan Zuckerman), anunciando a remessa do manuscrito da sua auto-biografia e pedindo opinião quanto à bondade da sua publicação. Termina com a resposta de Zuckerman. Entre estes dois momentos, há uma biografia a cinco tempos. E funciona, porque Roth conse ...more

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Jan 13, 2014 §-- rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An autobiographical writer's only straight autobiography, written when he was 55. And there is very little here: about five scenes, as it were, each of different periods in his life ("Safe at Home" (boyhood obsession with baseball in Weequahic), college at Bucknell, "Girl of My Dreams" (Chicago years, the woman who became his first wife), "All in the Family" (Defending himself against Jewish community attacks on his writing at Yeshiva University),
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Jul 11, 2011 Asma Fedosia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Some might claim that 'Dear Roth' is the most interesting chapter in this "autobiography"; for me, it's that surprising chapter (letter), 'Girl of My Dreams', a glitch in his life, his first marriage, after otherwise steady achievement. Josephine (Josie) Jensen, the fake name of the scheming, low-class gentile who turned his life to emotional hell and even threatened it, reminded me of a movie star's exposé of her/his awful childhood. Poor, Roth; with all these sordid 'facts', no wonder he presu Some might claim that 'Dear Roth' is the most interesting chapter in this "autobiography"; for me, it's that surprising chapter (letter), 'Girl of My Dreams', a glitch in his life, his first marriage, after otherwise steady achievement. Josephine (Josie) Jensen, the fake name of the scheming, low-class gentile who turned his life to emotional hell and even threatened it, reminded me of a movie star's exposé of her/his awful childhood. Poor, Roth; with all these sordid 'facts', no wonder he presumably whistled in the taxi to her funeral or to the hospital morgue. Despite the marriage, he amazingly continued to produce stories and novels through the couple's emotional and legal problems. Roth reasons that Josie's

imagination's claim on my own [imagination] may well have been what accounted for her inexplicable power over a supremely independent, self-assured, and enterprising young man, a stalwart competitor with a stubborn sense of determination and a strong desire to have his own way.

He doesn't sound easy to live with either. Besides the marriage, another glitch in his life is retold in 'All In the Family', accusations from pro-Jewish groups about anti-Semitism in his writing, unflattering portraits of fellow Jews, these angry comments from "The New Yorker" readers and from The Anti-Defamation League. Everything, however, rights itself, i.e., Josie accidentally dies, coincidentally after he and a new girlfriend mention to a former high-level politician the obstacles in getting a New York divorce from Josie. Then, there's the last chapter, 'Dear Roth', the epistolary afterword written to Roth from his fictional character Nathan Zuckerman. In it, he repeats what the reader thought all along: why his autobiography is sort of all about himself and blasé about others, identified by false names as well; and why its truth is one-sided about Josie. Did someone already mention that the only facts here are his place of birth, his parents' names, his alma maters, and his fiction? ...more

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Oct 22, 2012 James rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

William Burroughs referred to Paul Bowles autobiography, "Without Stopping", as "Without Telling". I was reminded of that while reading "The Facts". It isn't that Roth doesn't tell us the truth, whatever that might be, it's simply that he doesn't tell us anything that those of us who have read everything else didn't already know.

Having said that, his family is removed a few steps from the representations in the Zuckerman novels--meaningfully so--and the entire narrative resonates profoundly in i ...more

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Mar 29, 2013 Maria (Scratchbook) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Nella sua parte prettamente autobiografica, è un libro ricco di spunti interessanti.
Un vero e proprio manuale di istruzione al Roth-pensiero.
Il mestiere del romanziere presuppone un grande lavoro di fantasia; lo sforzo principale consiste soprattutto nel corredare di fronzoli immaginari un fatto realmente accaduto.
Roth decide di fare il lavoro inverso, ossia di condurre la sua autobiografia disimmaginandosi.
Depurando il suo passato, spogliando la realtà dall’immaginazione, provando a raggiungere ...more

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Feb 11, 2015 Olivier Vojetta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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"The Facts, a novelist autobiography", by Philip Roth
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In his autobiography, Philip Roth is looking at the wounds that plagued him for decades, yet were kept at a distance. The same troubles that led him to a grave depression after he decided to open himself up by writing these pages. For him, like for so many other writers before him, this self-investigation is like a second chance. That's the beauty of being a writer I suppose: Roth can fictionali —BUS RIDING BOOKS—
"The Facts, a novelist autobiography", by Philip Roth
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In his autobiography, Philip Roth is looking at the wounds that plagued him for decades, yet were kept at a distance. The same troubles that led him to a grave depression after he decided to open himself up by writing these pages. For him, like for so many other writers before him, this self-investigation is like a second chance. That's the beauty of being a writer I suppose: Roth can fictionalise a "kind" of himself... and rewrite his eventful past one way or another, as and when he chooses to.

And what a journey he had! From his Jewish upbringing in 1950s America to being a professor at the University of Chicago and getting his PhD there, who would have imagined he would one day become one of the most famous American writers of our times?

For a little while, the classroom was his stage and he thought this was going to be his life. But Philipp Roth really wanted to be a writer, right from the start, unlike some other authors I'm familiar with, like former lawyer Marc Levy who wrote his first book at the age of 37 - a story for his daughter - and found huge success straight away, to his biggest surprise. Only then did he decide to stop law and focus on his writing. No, Roth was already involved with the "Et cetera" magazine in high school and writing on the side. For Roth, life had always been about writing, nothing else was on his mind and I find this both courageous and admirable. A trajectory I would have liked to pursue had there been no other, more pressing imperatives such as getting a job, repaying my student loan, buying a flat, getting married, becoming a dad and so on and so on. Instead, and despite having a few books out there, I am still at the fringe of literary life but I continue to write, always.

Of course, having the vocation is not enough. It took Roth a lot of hard work and isolation from real life and people to be able to write those books that became instant blockbusters. And tons of talent.

All in all, this book is fascinating but also very sad in more ways than one. Roth' journey is not one for the faint hearted, dotted with marriages, break ups, divorces, abortions, years of legal battles, property disputes, and disputes over whose books is who's...

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Jan 31, 2014 Jim Leckband rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It does take hubris or narcissism or whatever to write an autobiography of the "Facts" behind the written fiction. The author must believe that somebody has taken the time to read *those* works and then regards those works well enough to want to read the behind the scenes details.

Well, since I'm reading all of Roth, the author might be correct in his assumption. It mainly works since Roth approaches the same level of writing that he does in his novels. Which isn't hard since the main character ...more

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Nov 06, 2009 Michael rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Only Roth would write an autobiography in which his fictional alter-ego chastises him for not being fully introspective and honest, a meta-trick fully acknowledged and in turn criticized: " . . . the book is fundamentally defensive. Just as having this letter at the end is a self-defensive trick to have it both ways." Either brilliant or exasperating or both.

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Feb 07, 2012 Pablo Paz rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Confieso que esta es la primera vez que leo la autobiografía de un autor completamente desconocido para mi… bueno en realidad el nombre de Phillip Roth ya lo había oído antes pues estaba al tanto de su fama de perpetuo candidato al premio Nóbel y en alguna ocasión leí muy buenas criticas sobre su Trilogía Americana pero solamente hasta ahí llegaba lo que conocía sobre este autor.

Tal vez leer su autobiografía no sea la manera más indicada de abordar la obra de Phillip Roth, pienso esto por dos Confieso que esta es la primera vez que leo la autobiografía de un autor completamente desconocido para mi… bueno en realidad el nombre de Phillip Roth ya lo había oído antes pues estaba al tanto de su fama de perpetuo candidato al premio Nóbel y en alguna ocasión leí muy buenas criticas sobre su Trilogía Americana pero solamente hasta ahí llegaba lo que conocía sobre este autor.

Tal vez leer su autobiografía no sea la manera más indicada de abordar la obra de Phillip Roth, pienso esto por dos razones la primera de ellas es que Los Hechos parece una obra demasiado personal, pasan más de 100 páginas sin un solo guiño hacia el lector lo cuál como lectores nos hace sentir participando de una fiesta a la cuál no fuimos invitados, parece un libro escrito para el mismo autor y no para su público. La segunda razón por la que hubiese preferido acercarme a Roth con otra de sus obras es la manera en que Los Hechos hace referencia a la relación que tiene la vida del autor con la construcción de personajes e historias plasmadas en sus libros. La obra empieza con una carta con el manuscrito de Los Hechos que Phillip Roth envía a un tal Nathan Zuckerman para que éste le de su opinión . Resulta ser que Zuckerman es uno de los personajes de sus libros y el recurso narrativo de usar a uno de sus protagonistas como corrector de su autobiografía se pierde en gran parte para todos aquellos lectores que ignoramos las particularidades de la personalidad de Zuckerman. Lo interesante es la opinión que Zuckerman tiene respecto a Los Hechos, creo que dicha opinión es lo más rescatable de este libro.

Llegué a Los Hechos buscando el relato sobre las circunstancias que llevan a un hombre a convertirse en escritor pero solo encontré en la única parte interesante del libro las quejas de alguien que odia a su esposa. El titulo de la obra parece abarcar algo interesante pero lastimosamente aquí sólo encontré la idealización de los padres y la satanización de la pareja del autor. No recomiendo acercarse a este autor con esta obra.
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Nov 26, 2013 Barron Lerner rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is a given these days to treat the "facts" contained within autobiographies with a grain of salt. In the past, authors quietly manipulated events to tell a specific story with the hope that reviewers did not notice. Today, blending fiction and fact is all the rage. Whereas some autobiographers (James Frey, for example) get into trouble by falsifying information, most others get away with their constructed versions of reality.

Given Philip Roth's long career as a novelist drawing on his persona ...more

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Jun 05, 2011 Richard rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

FIRST READ: I am a fan of Roth, and find myself engrossed in his books despite by aversion at times to his style, but while this one was wholly sound philosophically for me (insight into his translations of actual events into fictive ones, and a wonderful counterpoint from his own character Nathan Zuckerman to contest this autobiographical turn), I just wasn't charged during my read of this one and kept checking what page number I was on and how far I had to go. Sorry, Phil--I REALLY wanted to l ...more

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Jul 29, 2012 cheeseblab rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I can't remember now why I changed my original plan--to read only Roth's fiction--and decided to read this, the second book collected in the fifth volume of the Library of America's edition, but I'm glad I did, and glad I read it so soon after The Lifespan of a Fact , whose protagonist makes a much less palatable arugument for blurring fact and fiction.

Roth's fiction is unabashedly autobiographical, of course--or maybe "abashedly autobiographical" is apter, since he spends a great deal of energy ...more

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Jun 23, 2013 Miles rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Should you care about the life story of novelist Phillip Roth? I've read a few of his books (Goodbye Columbus and Portnoy's Complaint were my long ago introductions, and Everyman is my all time favorite) and I've enjoyed listening to him in interviews. I found this book worth reading because it is so redolent of, and parallel to, my father's Bronx immigrant Jewish world, and my father's experience of coming out of that world into the larger American world.

Like my father, Roth married a troubled Should you care about the life story of novelist Phillip Roth? I've read a few of his books (Goodbye Columbus and Portnoy's Complaint were my long ago introductions, and Everyman is my all time favorite) and I've enjoyed listening to him in interviews. I found this book worth reading because it is so redolent of, and parallel to, my father's Bronx immigrant Jewish world, and my father's experience of coming out of that world into the larger American world.

Like my father, Roth married a troubled woman from outside the tribe, and found his way to professional success. Roth is about 6 years younger than my father was, and there are many other differences between the life stories of a Newark born novelist and a Bronx born scientist, but the informative parallels to my father's early experiences kept me interested.

Roth frames this 1988 telling of his life (at age 55) with a critique by one of his characters, Zuckerman, whose stories I have not yet read. Zuckerman accuses Roth of duplicity and dishonesty, questions his motives, his accuracy, and the value of his entire autobiographical project. All of that comes off as a bit defensive on Roth's part, a grand effort to show that he considers a form which claims a petty allegiance to facts to be the inferior of a form like the novel rooted in a fully imaginary world, and therefore able to speak more honestly of real human truths. OK Roth, if you need to do that, I won't object, and it's moderately interesting to hear you yell at yourself in the voice of Zuckerman.

But the straight autobiography of the central chapters really is valuable in its own right, and I'm not sure we need QUITE this many words from Zuckerman to remind us of the way in which non-fiction is a bigger lie than fiction. We get it, and most of us are able to move on from that realization to an enjoyment of an autobiographical tale and an evocation of time, place and human experience such as this, fully aware that it is a subjective telling, by definition. Your childhood in Newark, and college experiences at Bucknell and that crazy, crazy woman you chose to marry, "The Girl of Your Dreams," are, even in the filtered, other-protective and self-protective form that you present them, informative about where and how your consciousness emerged and was shaped. They are history, not fiction, however warped by the mind of a man who believes mostly in fiction. They deepen and do not distract from my understanding of your fiction. Zuckerman's commentary is fun, but the fellow does go on a bit in an unnecessary demonstration of how well you've thought through the essential problematicity of autobiography. For my part I enjoyed your auto-telling well enough on its own half honest historical terms. Sometimes a life story is just a life story, and valuable on its face.

I really enjoyed the illumination you provide on who Phillip Roth, the man, was and is.
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Sep 21, 2011 Newton rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An interesting, if at times slightly tedious, autobiographical account of Philip Roth's life up to the publication of Portnoy's Complaint , the novel that made him a literary star. The book begins with a letter Roth writes to his literary alter-ego, Nathan Zuckerman, and ends with Zuckerman's reply; in these letters, Roth (and Zuckerman) can really flesh out the purpose of the book itself, and also expose some of the truth behind "the facts" (Roth, as Zuckerman, does not let himself off easily on ...more

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Jan 14, 2009 Jeremy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well this is not the Roth you read because you love reading good writing.

It's not up to the standard set by Bukowski's Ham on Rye , but that's not purely biography, if you believe the bookjacket assignation of genre.

Anyway, the writing here is sloppy as hell, and the truest part of the whole thing is the letter from Roth's alter-ego, Zuckerman. It's true, Roth dances around motivation and culpability for the entirety, and the only hints about what hurt the most are the reappearances of "Josie" in ...more

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Jan 22, 2014 Curtis rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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(3.5 stars) The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography is interesting and unconventional. It is an exploration of life, love and craft that I found a bit slow in the beginning, but eventually it pulled me in and left me wanting more. Initially, I was afraid that The Facts wouldn't be very revealing. Roth strikes me as someone who keeps his cards close to the chest; however, as the episodes of the book unfolded his life became more and more tantalizing. Just when I thought, "okay, so these are the fac ...more

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Aug 30, 2014 Alex rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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"You try to pass off here as frankness what looks to me like the dance of the seven veils-what's on the page is like a code for something missing," writes Roth's fictional creation Zuckerman in the cheeky but pointed response to the bulk of this book, which is a relatively straightforward and orderly autobiography until the deviously playful final thirty-five pages.

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Nov 10, 2009 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bought this book in a book store in le Marais in Paris - a book store that is also a wine bar - how perfect! I think Chicago needs one. Roth is self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-inflating, self-centered, self-promoting - but also self-aware. Which is a very underrated quality. I have always been fascinated with Roth (and his topics), but am less so after reading this, as it humanized him so much. (So much more than Zuckerman.) This is not a good read for a reader who hasn't read his work - and ...more

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May 19, 2010 John Otto rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The "facts" part of this book, purportedly the autobiography of Philip Roth is not that interesting. Roth focuses on five events in his life, but leaves out so much that you wonder why he bothers. But then Roth has his alter ego, Zuckerman, comment on and criticize what he has written. That is very interesting, as he considers the difference between fact and fiction and explains how fiction can be more truthful than fact. What the book comes down to is not about the facts of the life of Philip R ...more

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Oct 20, 2014 Les Wilson rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

To be fair, I'm not a great lover of autobiography or biography books. If you are, you my find this book better than I did.

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Dec 05, 2008 Aaron rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“The Facts” is billed as a memoir but I cannot help but wonder if it is actually the first “Roth” novel. As fiction writer-memoirists go, Roth is no Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or even a Bob Dylan, but as a long prolog to the Roth novels that followed, it is a weird, passable part of a series. It might be telling that the Zuckerman letters are the book’s best features, serving as Zuckerman’s rebuke to the “Duck Amuck” antics of “The Counterlife,” but it was a stylistic dead end. “Zuckerman Bound” wa ...more

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May 08, 2014 Rafa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ajuste de cuentas con su primera mujer. Termina con una magnífica carta reproche de Zuckerman a Philip Roth.

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Nov 27, 2009 Jorge rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Más allá de las peripecias vividas por Roth en su etapa de formación, las páginas más interesantes de este libro se concentran en su último apartado, en el que Zuckermann, protagonista de algunas de las novelas del autor, lanza una réplica cargada de lúcidas reflexiones que ponen en tela de juicio las pretensiones de veracidad de su creador, desmontando muchas ideas preconcebidas sobre el estatuto de realidad al que pueden aspirar los géneros de la biografía y la autobiografía, y destacando, en ...more

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Jul 15, 2011 James W. Harris rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Roth's autobiographical writings here are interesting but seemed to me a bit bland... but suddenly the book is made wondrous when Roth has his fictional alter-ego Zuckerman comment on Roth's autobiography!

The book then swings into high gear, becoming an energetic, hilarious and extremely insightful commentary on Roth's own life, his view of himself, how fiction can lead to greater truths than autobiography, etc.

It's the Zuckerman commentary that moves this book from good Roth -- which is very ...more

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Feb 26, 2014 Rory Diva rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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i read this on audio cd.

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Sep 27, 2011 David rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Interesting mainly for Roth's description of his first wife and his insane relationship with her. The joy and relief he takes in her accidental death is amazing. I don't know why he bothered to change her name when anyone could find out her name.

I wonder if Roth made this memoir intentionally flawed just so he could publish the last chapter which is essentially a query letter about the book written to Roth by his fictional alter-ego Nathan Zuckerman.

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Jan 12, 2014 Ángel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Hobbes

Si no supiera que hay un mejor Roth, le daría las cinco estrellas. Esta no es una autobiografía común y corriente. Es un corte de caja, un ajuste de cuentas entre el autor y uno de sus alter egos. A fin de cuentas, ¿quién habla y narra? Grande, pero sobre todo original, como siempre.

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Jan 30, 2011 Madison rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thought Roth was a man after my own heart for a little while, and then I despised him, but at the end the letters between Zuckerman and himself really tie together all of the random thoughts I, and the others that other readers have, about this autobiography.

I'm also a research assistant right now for The Life Story Lab, which focuses studies around how people remember their lives.

My life is just so all-around fitting.

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Nov 29, 2009 Judy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this autobiography of Philip Roth to find out what 'the facts' of his life were as opposed to the version he presents via Zuckerman et al. It is fascinating for what it tells us of Roth's life, as well as for what it doesn't tell (a lot). He starts it off with a letter to Zuckerman and ends it with a letter from Zuckerman, his alter ego, who doesn't, in this case, let Roth get off the hook lightly.

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Philip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained early literary fame with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus (winner of 1960's National Book Award ), cemented it with his 1969 bestseller Portnoy's Complaint , and has continued to write critically-acclaimed works, many of which feature his fictional alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman. The Zuckerman novels began with The Ghost Writer in 1979, and inc ...more

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