The Dying Animal (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Vintage International)
by Philip Roth
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Author: Philip RothEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-22
ISBN: 0307454886
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: A Lesson on the Lessons of Love
Summary: 2 Stars
I had the good fortune of discovering Bellow before Philip Roth. It saved me a lot of tedious reading.
But I took a chance on The Dying Animal because of my affection for Elegy, a lovely film based on the book. Sadly--unlike the movie--the novel suffers from the same shortcoming that ruins all of Roth's books for me: the overwhelming sense that they've been constructed to show me the light.
The bully-pulpit characterized most of my early reading--not uncommon for an American reader, I suppose, especially one who grew up, as I did, in a religious home. In flight from the pulpit I discovered the novel. In Augie March, in all the great novels of my adolescence--Huck Finn, Crime and Punishment, Heart of Darkness--I heard for the first time the voice of uncertainty.
My god, it was so lovely, the Novel's not-knowing. That loveliness gave me permission to be curious. It gave me permission to love the world.
I read novels less than ever, now, sadly. If you're still reading them, don't bother with this one.
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