How Long to Read Philip Roth's Rude Truth

How Long Does it Take to Read Philip Roth's Rude Truth?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 36 minutes to read Philip Roth's Rude Truth by Ross Posnock

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than Philip Roth? The novelist himself pointed out the paradox, saying that after establishing a reputation for maturity with two earnest novels, he "worked hard and long and diligently" to be frivolous--an effort that resulted in the notoriously immature Portnoy's Complaint (1969). Three-and-a-half decades and more than twenty books later, Roth is still at his serious "pursuit of the unserious." But his art of immaturity has itself matured, developing surprising links with two traditions of immaturity--an American one that includes Emerson, Melville, and Henry James, and a late twentieth-century Eastern European one that developed in reaction to totalitarianism. In Philip Roth's Rude Truth--one of the first major studies of Roth's career as a whole--Ross Posnock examines Roth's "mature immaturity" in all its depth and richness. Philip Roth's Rude Truth will force readers to reconsider the narrow categories into which Roth has often been slotted--laureate of Newark, New Jersey; junior partner in the firm Salinger, Bellow, Mailer, and Malamud; Jewish-American regionalist. In dramatic contrast to these caricatures, the Roth who emerges from Posnock's readable and intellectually vibrant study is a great cosmopolitan in the tradition of Henry James and Milan Kundera.

How long is Philip Roth's Rude Truth?

Philip Roth's Rude Truth by Ross Posnock is 327 pages long, and a total of 84,039 words.

This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Philip Roth's Rude Truth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 39 minutes to read Philip Roth's Rude Truth aloud.

What Reading Level is Philip Roth's Rude Truth?

Philip Roth's Rude Truth is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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