Philip Roth's "Nemesis" from KQED's Forum Podcast

Michael Krasny speaks with celebrated author Philip Roth about his new novel, "Nemesis." Once again returning to the physical landscape of Newark, Roth revisits some emotional themes from his previous works -- mortality, fate, and the existence of God -- by delving into the polio scare of the 1940s.

Download the podcast here. See also: Nemesis, American Pastoral, Portnoy's Complaint, Indignation (Vintage International)

Philip Roth on Nemesis from WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Roth discusses his latest novel, Nemesis. It’s about a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a Newark community. It explores the emotions such a pestilence can breed: fear, panic, anger, bewilderment, asks questions about the kind of accidental choices that fatally shape a life, and how an individual can withstand the onslaught of circumstance.

See the show's webpage here. The podcast isn't available yet. (Usually posts the day after.) See also: Nemesis, American Pastoral, The Humbling (Vintage International), Indignation (Vintage International), Portnoy's Complaint