World Literature Today, January 1st, 1995
In his first major novel since the Zuckerman series of the 1980s (collected in Zuckerman Bound, plus The Counterlife; see WLT 60:4, p. 632, and 61:4, p. 630), Philip Roth has moved from "counterlives," imagined by Nathan Zuckerman, to a protagonist named Philip Roth who is troubled by a counterfeit self, who in turn has decided that "Roth" needs to take a more direct role in Jewish-Israeli politics. But there is a continuity of concern with alternative paths of life, especially for Diaspora Jews, like the author, confronted with a vigorous Israeli nationalism. People drawn to the famous crea...
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