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Philip Roth, a Rare card
Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Philip Roth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Philip Roth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ten years later, he published the ______ Portnoy's Complaint.
Answer
bestseller. Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy's Complaint. From the Philip Roth article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He first gained attention with the ____ short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.
Answer
1950s. He first gained attention with the 1959 short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. From the Philip Roth article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Turkish War of Independence. Turkish War of Independence 92 · Walter Scott 87 · Philip Roth 83 · Philip II of Macedon 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Roth's fiction, often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey, is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for its sexual humor, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of Jewish and American identity.
- He first gained attention with the 1959 short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.
- Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy's Complaint.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Philip Roth article was read about 370,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Philip Roth
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Philip Roth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
