American Pastoral American Trilogy (1)

作者 Philip Roth著
出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
出版时间 1998年2月
ISBN 9780375701429
定价 126.70

内容简介

AstheAmericancenturydrawstoanuneasyclose，PhilipRothgivesusanovelofunqualifiedgreatnessthatisanelegyforallourcentury'spromisesofprosperity，civicorder，anddomesticbliss.Roth'sprotagonistisSwedeLevov，alegendaryathleteathisNewarkhighschool，whogrowsupintheboomingpostwaryearstomarryaformerMissNewJersey，inherithisfather'sglovefactory，andmoveintoastonehouseintheidyllichamletofOldRimrock.Andthenonedayin1968，Swede'sbeautifulAmericanluckdesertshim.ForSwede'sadoreddaughter，Merry，hasgrownfromaloving，quick-wittedgirlintoasullen，fanaticalteenager—ateenagercapableofanoutlandishlysavageactofpoliticalterrorism.AndovernightSwedeiswrenchedoutofthelonger-forAmericanpastoralandintotheindigenousAmericanberserk.Compulsivelyreadable，propelledbysorrow，rage，andadeepcompassionforitscharacters，thisisRoth'smasterpiece.

作者简介

In1997PhilipRothwonthePulitzerPrizeforAmericanPastoral.In1998hereceivedtheNationalMedalofArtsattheWhiteHouseandin2002thehighestawardoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,theGoldMedalinFiction.HehastwicewontheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.HehaswonthePEN/FaulknerAwardthreetimes.In2005ThePlotAgainstAmericareceivedtheSocietyofAmericanHistorians’Prizefor“theoutstandinghistoricalnovelonanAmericanthemefor2003-2004.”RecentlyRothreceivedPEN’stwomostprestigiousawards:in2006thePEN/NabokovAwardandin2007thePEN/BellowAwardforachievementinAmericanfiction.RothistheonlylivingAmericannovelisttohavehisworkpublishedinacomprehensive,definitiveeditionbytheLibraryofAmerica.In2011hereceivedtheNationalHumanitiesMedalattheWhiteHouse,andwaslaternamedthefourthrecipientoftheManBookerInternationalPrize.,,

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Vintage International

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