Fear and "Indignation"

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Fear and Indignation

Philip Roth Writer

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The fear of being drafted to Korea is important to the book I wrote called Indignation, and that's what I wanted to write about, which was the fear, and then… and then the inevitability in the case of my hero.

The fame of the American writer Philip Roth (1933-2018) rested on the frank explorations of Jewish-American life he portrayed in his novels. There is a strong autobiographical element in much of what he wrote, alongside social commentary and political satire. Despite often polarising critics with his frequently explicit accounts of his male protagonists' sexual doings, Roth received a great many prestigious literary awards which include a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1997, and the 4th Man Booker International Prize in 2011.

Title: Fear and "Indignation"

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

Christopher Sykes is an independent documentary producer who has made a number of films about science and scientists for BBC TV, Channel Four, and PBS.

Tags: Korea, Indignation

Duration: 24 seconds

Date story recorded: March 2011

Date story went live: 18 March 2013