August 29, 2004
philip roth
Somebody somewhere today claimed that Grapus was around in the late eighties. I thought it tragically funny that 1968 is so long ago already, that it is possible to move it forward two decades just like that. There is absolutely nothing wrong with fucking around with history if you know what you're doing. If you're called Philip Roth for example. I have just finished reading "the plot against America". (Not even for sale yet, haha! I happened to find an advanced copy in a second hand bookstore.) Now that is fucking around with history for advanced students. Wow. Compulsory reading. Charles Lindbergh is elected president of the US and teams up with Hitler. I'm glad though I can show you the Grapus image instead of the Roth cover, because although it is done by Milton Glaser, it is hidious.
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Posted by mduvekot at August 29, 2004 10:04 PMMaybe, this being the advance copy, the cover is going to be designed by Milton Glaser.
Posted by: Michiel at August 29, 2004 10:27 PMGlad you blogged my hero Roth. This weekend I rented the movie 'the human stain' with Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman and Gary Sinise. The VPRO described the film as 'saddeningly superficial'. As films go, I don't agree.
Posted by: Peter at August 30, 2004 05:29 AM
