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💥Daily Word Bytes - 1 from editorial -Writer Philip Roth: Everyman💥
unflinching (adjective) – resolute, determined, single-minded.
Hindu Editorial usage : Philip Roth was unmatched in his unflinching depiction of post-War America
depiction (noun) – portrayal, representation, presentation.
Hindu Editorial usage : Philip Roth was unmatched in his unflinching depiction of post-War America
titan (noun) – an extremely important, powerful & strong person.
Hindu Editorial usage : Philip Roth, who has died at 85, was a titan of post-War literature — by some assessments, the greatest of his generation.
chronicle (verb) – record, document, register.
Hindu Editorial usage : Across more than 30 books, he chronicled the best and worst of America,
flawed (adjective) – having weakness, lowness defectiveness (in character).
Hindu Editorial usage : writing about flawed beings, their dreams and nightmares, sexual and other predicaments.
predicament (noun) – difficult situation, difficulty/issue, trouble.
Hindu Editorial usage : writing about flawed beings, their dreams and nightmares, sexual and other predicaments.
betrayal (noun) – disloyalty, bad faith, falseness.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
alienation (noun) – isolation, detachment, estrangement/separation.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
let go (phrase) – relinquish, release, remove.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
inhibition (noun) – shyness, wariness, hesitancy/apprehension.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
oeuvre (noun) – work of art, achievement, masterpiece.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
steep in (phrasal verb) – imbue with, fill with, infuse with.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
acerbic (adjective) – sharp, bitter, stinging.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
trilogy (noun) – a group of three related novels (or something else such as. films, stories etc).
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
resurgence (noun) – revival, re-emergence, rejuvenation.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
critique (verb) – evaluation/assess, write about, investigate.
Hindu Editorial usage : Roth critiqued the culture and politics of the time, leading up to the Vietnam war, with the sequels bringing the narrative arc up to the Clinton presidency.
lead-up (noun) – circumstances, conditions, situation.
Hindu Editorial usage : Roth critiqued the culture and politics of the time, leading up to the Vietnam war, with the sequels bringing the narrative arc up to the Clinton presidency.
narrative arc (noun) – (in a novel/film/play) the development of the main theme.
Hindu Editorial usage : Roth critiqued the culture and politics of the time, leading up to the Vietnam war, with the sequels bringing the narrative arc up to the Clinton presidency.
alter_ego (noun) – equivalent, peer, fellow.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nine of his novels featured his fictional alter-ego, Nathan Zuckerman (The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, Exit Ghost), exploring almost every facet of his identity, from being Jewish to being a writer and a man
facet (noun) – aspect, feature, characteristic.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nine of his novels featured his fictional alter-ego, Nathan Zuckerman (The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, Exit Ghost), exploring almost every facet of his identity, from being Jewish to being a writer and a man
maleness (noun) – muscularity, toughness, boldness.
Hindu Editorial usage : His “maleness” offended many readers, with his 1969 book Portnoy’s Complaint, about the young, middle-class, sex-obsessed Alexander Portnoy leaving critics happy and elders enraged
enrage (verb) – make someone angry, provoke, incite.
Hindu Editorial usage : His “maleness” offended many readers, with his 1969 book Portnoy’s Complaint, about the young, middle-class, sex-obsessed Alexander Portnoy leaving critics happy and elders enraged
epidemic (noun) – outbreak; a situation in which a disease spreads quickly and affects many people
Hindu Editorial usage : He said Nemesis (2010), about a polio epidemic in Newark, New Jersey, where he was born and which was the setting of many of his books, was his last.
forte (noun) – strength, strong point, speciality.
Hindu Editorial usage : Writing on “behaviour in extreme situations” was Roth’s forte, tackling characters with “sheer playfulness and deadly seriousness”, recording “life, in all its shameless impurity”
protagonist (noun) – main character, chief participant, mainstay.
Hindu Editorial usage : His books can be classed under neat labels by the protagonist — Zuckerman, Roth (The Facts, Patrimony, to name two), Kepesh (The Breast, The Dying Animal)
antagonistic (adjective) – aggressive, belligerent, argumentative.
Hindu Editorial usage : Asked which were his favourite books, Roth mentioned two, Sabbath’s Theater (1995), the story of Mickey Sabbath, who is 64 going on 17, antagonistic and libidinous,
libidinous (adjective) – lustful, lewd, erotic/sexual.
Hindu Editorial usage Asked which were his favourite books, Roth mentioned two, Sabbath’s Theater (1995), the story of Mickey Sabbath, who is 64 going on 17, antagonistic and libidinous,
divisive (adjective) – isolating/separating, dividing; disharmonious.
Hindu Editorial usage : In the Trump era, or in a divisive world for that matter, it is impossible to read his reimagining of history in The Plot Against America
supremacist (adjective) – relating to someone supporting the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group.
Hindu Editorial usage : what if F.D. Roosevelt had lost in 1940 and white supremacist Charles Lindbergh had won?
eerie (adjective) – strange, uncanny, unnatural/unearthly.
Hindu Editorial usage : and not be touched by its eerie foreboding.
foreboding (noun) – apprehension, anxiety; suspicion.
Hindu Editorial usage : and not be touched by its eerie foreboding.
Hindu Editorial usage : Philip Roth was unmatched in his unflinching depiction of post-War America
depiction (noun) – portrayal, representation, presentation.
Hindu Editorial usage : Philip Roth was unmatched in his unflinching depiction of post-War America
Hindu Editorial usage : Philip Roth, who has died at 85, was a titan of post-War literature — by some assessments, the greatest of his generation.
Hindu Editorial usage : Across more than 30 books, he chronicled the best and worst of America,
Hindu Editorial usage : writing about flawed beings, their dreams and nightmares, sexual and other predicaments.
Hindu Editorial usage : writing about flawed beings, their dreams and nightmares, sexual and other predicaments.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
Hindu Editorial usage : Themes of betrayal, love and loss, alienation, the struggle between political correctness and the desire to let go of all inhibitions were common to his oeuvre.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
Hindu Editorial usage : Steeped in acerbic humour, which increasingly turned black, several of his best novels, including the American trilogy (American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) were written in a stunning late-career resurgence.
Hindu Editorial usage : Roth critiqued the culture and politics of the time, leading up to the Vietnam war, with the sequels bringing the narrative arc up to the Clinton presidency.
Hindu Editorial usage : Roth critiqued the culture and politics of the time, leading up to the Vietnam war, with the sequels bringing the narrative arc up to the Clinton presidency.
Hindu Editorial usage : Roth critiqued the culture and politics of the time, leading up to the Vietnam war, with the sequels bringing the narrative arc up to the Clinton presidency.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nine of his novels featured his fictional alter-ego, Nathan Zuckerman (The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, Exit Ghost), exploring almost every facet of his identity, from being Jewish to being a writer and a man
Hindu Editorial usage : Nine of his novels featured his fictional alter-ego, Nathan Zuckerman (The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, Exit Ghost), exploring almost every facet of his identity, from being Jewish to being a writer and a man
Hindu Editorial usage : His “maleness” offended many readers, with his 1969 book Portnoy’s Complaint, about the young, middle-class, sex-obsessed Alexander Portnoy leaving critics happy and elders enraged
Hindu Editorial usage : His “maleness” offended many readers, with his 1969 book Portnoy’s Complaint, about the young, middle-class, sex-obsessed Alexander Portnoy leaving critics happy and elders enraged
Hindu Editorial usage : He said Nemesis (2010), about a polio epidemic in Newark, New Jersey, where he was born and which was the setting of many of his books, was his last.
Hindu Editorial usage : Writing on “behaviour in extreme situations” was Roth’s forte, tackling characters with “sheer playfulness and deadly seriousness”, recording “life, in all its shameless impurity”
Hindu Editorial usage : His books can be classed under neat labels by the protagonist — Zuckerman, Roth (The Facts, Patrimony, to name two), Kepesh (The Breast, The Dying Animal)
Hindu Editorial usage : Asked which were his favourite books, Roth mentioned two, Sabbath’s Theater (1995), the story of Mickey Sabbath, who is 64 going on 17, antagonistic and libidinous,
Hindu Editorial usage Asked which were his favourite books, Roth mentioned two, Sabbath’s Theater (1995), the story of Mickey Sabbath, who is 64 going on 17, antagonistic and libidinous,
Hindu Editorial usage : In the Trump era, or in a divisive world for that matter, it is impossible to read his reimagining of history in The Plot Against America
Hindu Editorial usage : what if F.D. Roosevelt had lost in 1940 and white supremacist Charles Lindbergh had won?
Hindu Editorial usage : and not be touched by its eerie foreboding.
foreboding (noun) – apprehension, anxiety; suspicion.
Hindu Editorial usage : and not be touched by its eerie foreboding.
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