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Parodies of life.(Letter to the Editor)
To the Editors:
Years ago I read Goodbye, Columbus and thought it was a decent book, mercifully short, though not a really compelling story. In later years I tried several other Roth titles, but I never got beyond page fifty. I had no idea why. Brooke Allen's "Roth reconsidered" (October 2005) sheds some light on the matter.
The quotes from Roth's books all have the same quality: they are not life, but parodies of life. Portnoy's Complaint tries too hard to be funny. The scene between the dentist-father and his rebellious son plays itself out in a predictable way. The last line is entirely too pat. Except in comedy, it is hard to believe that a character engaged in a deeply felt familial relationship ...
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