Philip Roth: Indignation

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Indignation

Against the backdrop of the Korean War, a young man faces life's unimagined chances and terrifying consequences.

It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at the... (read more)

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“I stand in awe of Philip Roth! Eight books in the past decade - each one (and I have read them all!!!) has had an impact on me.

The two prior to this were difficult because, while I am only 10 years younger than Roth, they covered topics of aging that were painful to accept.

Indignation was full of surprises for me. It covered another era, not the present, not old age.....and ended brilliantly.”

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