tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post6357891822315942069..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: The HumblingD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-65261050235665771772009-12-23T21:06:28.003-05:002009-12-23T21:06:28.003-05:00"He has never before, I believe, written abou..."He has never before, I believe, written about acting and the theater."<br /><br />In the early 60s, Roth published a short story called "An Actor's Life For Me." I can't remember a thing about it or about the issue of Playboy in which it appeared (I seem to remember young women...).Patrick778https://www.blogger.com/profile/04330184973434926209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-3598016180157939542009-11-03T18:11:59.818-05:002009-11-03T18:11:59.818-05:00James,
His interview comments on The Humbling mak...James,<br /><br />His interview comments on <i>The Humbling</i> make it clear that he identifies—or at least sympathizes—with Simon Axler’s plight.<br /><br />However, he is a steady worker, a creator of loose and baggy monsters rather than a precious urn-shaper, discursive rather than inspired, and it is difficult to imagine what it would mean for his “magic” to disappear. <br /><br />If he ran out of things to say then he’d have no novels to write, but having things to say is not the same as having a remarkable gift, and running out of things to say is not the same as losing the remarkable gift.D. G. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-78982002194827781102009-11-03T17:28:47.106-05:002009-11-03T17:28:47.106-05:00I don't think Roth would regard himself as a h...I don't think Roth would regard himself as a humble tradesman.James Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142978986121432467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-77859647582908437632009-10-14T18:36:26.163-04:002009-10-14T18:36:26.163-04:00I'm really looking forward to The Humbling; Ro...I'm really looking forward to The Humbling; Roth is a great writer. Wish i had a sneak preview...LOL(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-12917105984689197102009-10-14T15:52:29.572-04:002009-10-14T15:52:29.572-04:00Yes, yes, but is it any good?Yes, yes, but is it any good?H.G. Stablerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361284396643693300noreply@blogger.com