A Philip Roth Reader

A Philip Roth Reader  

1st edition cover
Author(s) Philip Roth
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Selections from Novels, Short Stories
Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date 1980; reprinted 1993
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)

A Philip Roth Reader is a selection of writings by Philip Roth first published in 1980 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, with a revised version reprinted in 1993 by Vintage Books. Both editions include selections from Roth's first eight novels (up to The Ghost Writer) while the newer edition also includes the previously uncollected story "Novotny's Pain", alongside the essay-story "Looking At Kafka".

Works by Philip Roth
Fiction
 
Kepesh Novels
Zuckerman Novels
Roth Novels
Nemeses: Short Novels
Short Stories
"The Conversion of the Jews" · "Defender of the Faith" · "The Kind of Person I am" · "Epstein" · "You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings" · "Eli, the Fanatic" · "Philosophy, or Something Like That" · "The Box of Truths" · "The Fence" · "Armando and the Frauds" · "The Final Delivery of Mr. Thorn" · "The Day It Snowed" · "The Contest for Aaron Gold" · "Heard Melodies Are Sweeter" · "Expect the Vandals" · "The Love Vessel" · "The Good Girl" · "The Mistaken" · "Novotny's Pain" · "Psychoanalytic Special" · "An Actor's Life for Me" · "On the Air" · "His Mistress's Voice" · "Smart Money" · "The Ultimatum" · "Drenka's Men" · "Communist"
Collections
 
Zuckerman Bound · A Philip Roth Reader · Library of America series
Non-fiction
Memoirs
On Writing
Adaptations
Films