On page 9 of volume E of your book, the writer Philip Roth states "the American writer in the middle of the twentieth century has his hands full in

On page 9 of volume E of your book, the writer Philip Roth states “the American

writer in the middle of the twentieth century has his hands full in trying to

understand, describe, and then make credible much of American reality.” Does

Sam Shepard’s True West achieve what Roth expects the American writer to do?

Why or why not?