Everything you said, whether it was useful or not, was grist to this great mill of intellect and energy and imaginationHe was an astonishing force field. Photograph: MONDADORI PUBLISHING HOUSE /HANDOUT/MONDADORI PUBLISHING / HANDOUTJonathan Safran Foer, authorRoth was as great as any writer America has produced, in the company of Melville and Dickinson. Nathan Englander, authorI can remember both times I first met Philip Roth. Jay Parini, novelist, poet and academicIt’s strange that I’m sitting here on a holiday in southern Italy and reading – for the 10th time at least – The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth. He was a highbrow writer but never a pretentious one, as he never wanted to impress with fine moral virtues.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2018 10:14 UTC