launched on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 1pm (EST) on Zoom in honor of the author\u2019s birthday!<\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> to view the recording.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Click here to view the flyer.<\/a><\/p>\n
Join us for a lively dialogue about The Ghost Writer<\/em> (1979), the first novel in Roth\u2019s Zuckerman trilogy. The discussion will be led by biographer and scholar Ira Nadel, author of Philip Roth: A Counterlife<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Want to join the book club? Please fill out this simple form<\/a>, or email prpl@npl.org<\/a>, or call 973.733.3614. Once you’ve joined, you’ll receive an email containing the Zoom invitation a few days prior to the event. Please visit the Philip Roth Personal Library Website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The Best Philip Roth Books<\/span><\/h1>\n
Philip Roth was one of the great contemporary American novelists. He wrote about what he saw when he looked in the mirror, even when he didn’t like it, and claimed his only real interest was writing about what made him feel uncomfortable. Roth’s literary biographer, Ira Nadel<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, talks us through Philip Roth’s novels and explains why they’re worth reading. Click here to view <\/a><\/h4>\n
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