Claire Bloom

So good of her -- for her own & for the readers' sakes -- to out that sick-o Roth. Art (under which undeniably his work can SOMETIMES be categorized) can at times require a sub-human artist. This I've always suspected about Roth. Gave up on him in the 80's as a hopeless misogynist, but recently read American Pastoral which was brilliant & decided to give him another chance -- but not before reading Claire Bloom's accounting. This, undoubtedly will colour any further reading & may indeed put show more a stop to all Roth on my reading list.
I gave this memoir 4 stars just because of the guts it must have taken to reveal the nightmare that was/is Roth. Otherwise, it would have gotten TWO stars, as it revealed very little of the rest of her life & was very emotionally detached & perfunctory.
Bravo Ms Bloom -- onward & upward & best of luck to you and your daughter. show less

strange choices in men!

Verslag van de carrière van Claire Bloom, maar vooral, en voor mij het interessantste deel, van haar relatie met Philip Roth. Het lijkt er soms op dat Roth van zijn leven ook een literair verhaal heeft willen maken. En niet een van zijn beste... Of is het toch een psychische stoornis?