In an astonishing feat of empathy and narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected President. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial -understanding- with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America-and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
In an astonishing feat of empathy and narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 ...
For the last half century, the novels of Philip Roth have re-energized American fiction and redefined its possibilities, leading the critic Harold Bloom to proclaim Roth ?our foremost novelist since Faulkner.? Roth's comic genius, his imaginative daring, his courage in exploring uncomfortable truths, and his assault on political, cultural, and sexual orthodoxies have made him one of the essential writers of our time. By special arrangement with the author, The Library of America continues the definitive edition of Roth's collected works. This fifth volume of The Library of America's...
For the last half century, the novels of Philip Roth have re-energized American fiction and redefined its possibilities, leading the critic Harold Blo...
Nathan Zuckerman, the indomitable literary adventurer of Roth's nine Zuckerman books, finds himself involved--as he never wanted or intended to be--with love, mourning, desire, and animosity.
Nathan Zuckerman, the indomitable literary adventurer of Roth's nine Zuckerman books, finds himself involved--as he never wanted or intended to be--wi...
Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Roth's startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his 60s, Axler has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance.
Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Roth's startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in h...
1940 gewinnt Fliegerheld und Nazifreund Charles Lindbergh die Prsidentschaftswahlen. Unter den amerikanischen Juden breitet sich Furcht aus - auch bei Familie Roth. Dabei setzt die Wende zum Schlechten ganz sachte ein. Aus der Sicht des 8jhrigen Philip schildert der Autor, was passiert wre, wenn ... Ein unerhrt spannender historischer Roman, ein Gipfel der Roth`schen Erzhlkunst.
1940 gewinnt Fliegerheld und Nazifreund Charles Lindbergh die Prsidentschaftswahlen. Unter den amerikanischen Juden breitet sich Furcht aus - auch bei...
Gathered together for the first time in this seventh volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works is the acclaimed American Trilogy, a major milestone in contemporary American literature. In American Pastoral (1997), Swede Levov is wrenched from the tranquility of his domestic life and into the turbulent 1960s by his cherished daughter, an antiwar terrorist. I Married a Communist (1998), a story of betrayal set in America's anti-Communist 1940s, recounts the rise and fall of radio star Ira Ringold, exposed by his wife as "an...
Gathered together for the first time in this seventh volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works is the acc...
What kind of choices fatally shape a life? How does the individual withstand the onslaught of circumstance? These are the dark questions that animate Nemeses, the quartet of thematically related short novels that are published here together for the first time in this final volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works. Everyman (2006) is the sparse and affecting story of one man's lifelong skirmish with mortality. Set against the backdrop of the Korean War, Indignation (2008) is the extraordinary narrative of a young man struggling...
What kind of choices fatally shape a life? How does the individual withstand the onslaught of circumstance? These are the dark questions that animate ...
Simon Axler geht es schlecht. Mit sechzig hat der ehemalige Theaterstar alles Selbstvertrauen verloren. Als ihn auch noch seine Frau verlässt, beginnt er eine riskante Beziehung mit der lesbischen Tochter eines Jugendfreundes. Was anfangs Trost zu spenden scheint, erweist sich als Wirklichkeitsflucht, die in die Katastrophe führt. Mit Ironie und ohne Gnade entblößt Philip Roth in seinem neuen Roman alle menschlichen Täuschungen Liebe und Macht, Leidenschaft und Prestige.
Simon Axler geht es schlecht. Mit sechzig hat der ehemalige Theaterstar alles Selbstvertrauen verloren. Als ihn auch noch seine Frau verlässt, beginn...
In time for the centennial of his birth, one of the Nobel Prize winner s finest achievements This is the story of Moses Herzog a great sufferer, joker, mourner, charmer, serial writer of unsent letters, and a survivor, both of his private disasters and those of the age. Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, the novel was hailed as a masterpiece (The New York Times Book Review). This beautifully designed Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Herzog features an introduction by Bellow s longtime friend Philip Roth. For more than...
In time for the centennial of his birth, one of the Nobel Prize winner s finest achievements This is the story of Moses Herzog a great suff...
Der mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnete Roman jetzt in besonderer Ausstattung mit flexiblem Einband und Lesebändchen - und einem Nachwort von Denis Scheck.
Der mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnete Roman jetzt in besonderer Ausstattung mit flexiblem Einband und Lesebändchen - und einem Nachwort von Denis...