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Portnoy and I: Philip Roth's Great American Moment
FromTel Aviv Review
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bernard Avishai, an essayist and lecturer at Dartmouth College and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses his book Promiscuous: 'Portnoy's Complaint and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness, outlining how Philip Roth's celebrated novel changed his life, as well as that of so many Americans of his generation. This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.
Released:
May 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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