Panfleto yankee con pretensiones críticas para ambos bandos pero queda en prejuicios anticomunistas con elelgía al arte neutral que no se puede decantar a lo social. Malo hasta decir basta ( )

El encuentro entre un anciano profesor de literatura, Murray Ringold, y un antiguo alumno, Natham Zuckerman, pondra a funcionar una memoria a dos voces de la que se sirve el autor para hablarnos de la intrincada tela de arana de la vida del protagonista del nucleo central del relato, el comunista, judio y actor radiofonico Ira Ringold, delatado por su propia esposa, la actriz Eve Frame. La histerica actriz, que oculta su pasado judio, escribira B"Me case con un comunistaB," y desencadenara el desplome y posterior venganza de Ira Ringold. En el discurso narrativo de Roth late la denuncia del antisemitismo de un periodo que perseguia con igual sana a izquierdistas y judios.

Roth is a fantastic writer. Imo, not as good as American Pastoral, but loved it. Can't wait to read the final in the series. ( )

I guess I'm reading Roth's American Trilogy in reverse order, and years apart. Like The Human Stain, I Married a Communist offers a rich tapestry of characters and you will delve deeply, very deeply, into each and every one of them. Woven together they tell the story of a troubled time in American history-- early McCarthyism, and present some timeless truths about human nature.

The story spans nearly a century and is narrated by Nathan Zuckerman. It tells quite a bit of Nathan's history but the central, if not "main", character is Ira Ringold, a troubled youth turned Communist spokesman and radio star who marries into money, fame, and the NY elite-- until his downfall.

The novel is full of intellectual references to literature, philosophy, economics, etc. At times is seems that Roth had a bunch of random semi-essays laying around and figured out how to weave them into the novel. While I generally enjoyed these off-topic rants they could be distracting from the plot. The book was longer, denser, and more pedantic than it needed to be. But for the patient reader the finale was worthwhile. Overall a profound story, timely history lesson, full of memorable characters. ( )

> J'ai épousé un communiste, de Philip ROTH (Trad. de l'anglais par Josée Kamoun Gallimard, Paris, 2001, 406 p.)
Se reporter à la critique de Sylvain BREHM
In: (2002). Compte rendu de [Fiction]. Nuit blanche, (86), p. 29… ; (en ligne),
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