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American Pastoral
- Author
- Philip Roth
- Narrator
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 6 July 2023
- Run Time
- 16 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Discover the Pulitzer-prize winning novel that confirmed Philip Roth as one of the greatest American writers.
'Swede' Levov is living the American dream.
He glides through life cocooned by his devoted family, lucrative business, sporting prowess and good looks. He is the embodiment of thriving, post-war America, land of liberty and hope.
Until one sunny day in 1968, when Swede's daughter, Merry, commits an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism and the Levov family is plunged into mayhem. Extraordinarily nuanced and poignant, American Pastoral is the first in an eloquent trilogy of post-war American novels that still resonates today.
PRAISE FOR AMERICAN PASTORAL:
'Angry, grieving, witty, acute' Sunday Times
'A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last fifty years' Financial Times
'A momentous novel' Observer
©2016 Philip Roth (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Marvellous... Raging and elegaic
Guardian
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Full of insight, full of sharp ironic twists, full of wisdom about American idealism, and full of terrific fun... A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last fifty years
Financial Times
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A tragedy of classical proportions...a magnificent novel
The Times
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Wonderful, rich...entirely gripping
Sunday Telegraph
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A momentous novel
Observer
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Brilliantly written...angry, grieving, witty, acute...compellingly and convincingly rendered
Sunday Times
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Utterly tragic and compelling. It's one of the greatest modern American novels
Tatler
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[American Pastoral’s] mix of sly humour and incendiary passages that expose the dark heart of the American dream
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Details
- Author
- Philip Roth
- Narrator
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duration
- 16 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 July 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529914900
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Discover the Pulitzer-prize winning novel that confirmed Philip Roth as one of the greatest American writers.'Swede' Levov is living the American dream. He glides through life cocooned by his devoted family, lucrative business, sporting prowess and good looks. He is the embodiment of thriving, post-war America, land of liberty and hope.Until one sunny day in 1968, when Swede's daughter, Merry, commits an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism and the Levov family is plunged into mayhem. Extraordinarily nuanced and poignant, American Pastoral is the first in an eloquent trilogy of post-war American novels that still resonates today.PRAISE FOR AMERICAN PASTORAL:'Angry, grieving, witty, acute' Sunday Times'A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last fifty years' Financial Times'A momentous novel' Observer©2016 Philip Roth (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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