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Pascrell Mourns New Jersey Author Philip Roth
Washington, DC,
May 23, 2018
Today, Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) celebrated the life of Newark-born novelist, Philip Roth, who passed away yesterday at the age of 86. “Philip Roth was among the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century, but he never forgot his humble roots in New Jersey. Some of the most celebrated literary creations put to paper by an American were each anchored in Roth’s upbringing in Newark. Roth works taught generations about the pain inherent in postwar Jewish life, the frustrating search for identity, the threat of creeping fascism, and the dark humor underlying the human experience. Producing his finest novels when most authors are entering retirement, many of his books are timeless and continue to inform our society.
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