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Username Post: Philip Roth Passes Away
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07-01-18 10:13 PM - Post#258391    
    In response to Bison89

BU guy, came on to scout out recruits, next season, etc... Saw this topic and had to comment. An immense and incalculable loss to American letters. Thanks, Bison137 for the link, I thought I had been comprehensive in my obit readings, but that one escaped me. Likewise, I had thought my Roth reading rather comprehensive, but have to admit I have never read Indignation. I assure you that won't be the case for long. In terms of recommendations, I still think "The Plot Against America" is one of the most accessible, while still being a masterpiece. I would gladly debate for the title of best, but "American Pastoral," part of the annus mirablis of 96-97 (Infinite Jest by DFW, Mason&Dixon by Pynchon, Underworld by DeLillo, Towards the End of Time by Updike, Blue Flower by Fitzgerald, Puttermesser Papers by Ozick..), I think is well deserving of the title.

That said, I am very curious as to the response from the Bucknell community. Was there a ceremony on campus? The university has been robbed of what, in a perfect world, would be a flat-out, slam-dunk, Nobel laureate. They are not easy to come by. We live in an age where every shepherdess poet in the southern hemisphere is in line for a Nobel, but old, male geniuses on the East Coast of the United States have the odds stacked against them. I apologize; I'm not here to rant, but I hope the mourning in the Bucknell community is commensurate with the loss.

Regarding my original motive, I probably won't post here again, so good luck to the Bison next season.
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