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| The
Roth Explosion: Confessions of a Writer |
| Germany, 1998,
video, 53 minutes English Director: Christa Maerker DC Premiere Sunday, December 5, 12:00 pm Monday, December 6, 1:00 pm |
| Philip Roth has won the National Book Award twice, the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, the Pulitzer Prize, has been awarded an honorary degree by a major Jewish educational institution and it has been argued, belongs on any list of major Jewish-American fiction writers of the twentieth century. But who is Philip Roth? This documentary is a rare encounter with the author who is often perceived to be identical to his fictional alter-egos, whether he calls them Alex Portnoy, Nathan Zuckerman or even a fictional Philip Roth in Operation Shylock. The film shows Roth visiting his old neighborhood, the Weequahic section of Newark, NJ, down at the Jersey shore where he spent the summers of his childhood, and at home in New England where he lives and writes today. |
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Cooperation with |
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Special Guest:
Christa Maerker, Director
Welcoming Remarks:
Sylvia Blume, Program Coordinator,
Goethe-Institut Washington (December 5)Irmgard Maria Fellner, Special Events Officer,
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (December 6)
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