CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE - Philip Roth (Newark, 1933 - Manhattan, 2018) - A collection

Philip Roth (Newark, 1933 - Manhattan, 2018)3 typed letters signed; 1 typed document with autograph corrections and additions; 1 printed document with autograph signature; 1 photograph; 1 autograph dedication signed by the American fiction novelist. He first made his mark with the short novel "Goodbye, Columbus" (1959), which gained him the National Book Award for Fiction. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his novel "American Pastoral" (1997).Three typed letters signed to Roland Pieraccini. Envelopes included.March 22, 1983. About the collection of letters: "Would you be kind enough to xerox them for me and send the copies to me at the above address? I’m curious to see when and to whom they were written, and what I said. I didn’t know there was a big business in these things. I thought I was just answering the mail. But nothing is as it seems". 1 p.Sept 30, 1988. About the possibility to reprint published stories: "You might want to reprint my essay-story called 'Looking for Kafka'. It appears in The Philip Roth Reader published by Farrar Straus and Giroux". It is certainly significant to notice Roth’s lapsus in mentioning his tribute essay "Looking at Kafka". 1 p.Oct. 22, 1989. "I was hospitalized in August for open heart surgery and am still recovering". 1 p.Typed article with autograph corrections and additions. Early novels such as "Goodbye Columbus" (1959), "When She Was Good" (1967), "Portnoy’s Compaint" (1969) are mentioned and biographical details on their genesis are provided. 6 pp. Attached: typed version of the same article with different corrections and additions, 8 pp. A clean version of the typed article is attached, 7 pp.Printed interview answers with autograph signature dated by hand Feb 19, 1981. In 15 points, the author answers biographical and professional questions. At the end of the second sheet, answers to Rolando Pieraccini: "Here are your answers. I hope that the lead-in to the story can be something about the appearance of the Philip Roth Reader, coming out at the end of March".Typed article entitled "Review/Interview for Bookchoice" – 3 pp.Photographic portrait (1979ca.) by the photographer Thomas Victor (12.5 x 17.5 cm).Autograph dedication signed dated June 1971.