Reading Myself and Others

The "irresistibly articulate" (Financial Times) definitive collection of interviews, essays, and articles from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral and "the voice of the last decades of 'The American Century'" (Wall Street Journal).

Philip Roth's writing career spans a remarkable five decades, a period that has seen him rise to become one of the greatest chroniclers of post-war American life. Compiled here are some of the finest interviews, essays and articles discussing his own fiction and the range of controversies that it sparked, including his long interview with the Paris Review. Here too are Roth's writings on American fiction, Milan Kundera, baseball, and his deep admiration for Franz Kafka. Coursing through each of these pieces is the Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness that have defined Roth's writing for half a century.