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American Pastoral Book

Philip Roth's 22nd book takes a life-long view of the American experience in this thoughtful investigation of the century's most divisive and explosive of decades, the '60s. Returning again to the voice of his literary alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, Roth is at the top of his form. His prose is carefully controlled yet always fresh and intellectually subtle as he reconstructs the halcyon days, circa World War II, of Seymour "the Swede" Levov, a high school sports hero and all-around Great Guy who wants nothing more than to live in tranquillity. But as the Swede grows older and America crazier, history sweeps his family inexorably into its grip: His own daughter, Merry, commits an unpardonable act of "protest" against the Vietnam war that ultimately severs the Swede from any hope of happiness, family, or spiritual coherence.Read More

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  • Product Description

    A former athletic star, devoted family man, and owner of a thriving glove factory, Seymour ""Swede"" Levov finds his life coming apart during the social disorder of the 1960s, when his beloved daughter turns revolutionary terrorist out to destroy her father's world. 100,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.

  • 0395860210
  • 9780395860212
  • Philip Roth
  • 2 June 1997
  • Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 423
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