Dying public?

[Richard Romeo]

Paul wrote:
>
>Max's mention of Philip Roth prompts ME to note I'm in the process of
>reading The Human Stain. It's about one more maligned and falsely accused
>male who happens to have been born the same year as me so naturally
>sympathetic vibes abound. Another book I liked on this theme was Francine
>Prose's Blue Angel. Definitely one of those surviving novel readers here.
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I wonder if Bellow and Roth are complaining about a certain type of fiction, 
that realist mode that both are proponents of. Methinks they are lamenting 
the loss of such a favored position that such writers had--hence, the 
backlash against the academy, and postmodern practictioners of the craft.  
The world has passed them by they feel. So blame the young, rock and roll, 
television. IMHO, I'd wish they go away.  Oh well, back to "Lucky Pierre at 
the Cunt Auction".

hehehe
Rich
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