Epinions Recent Reviews for Philip Roth - American Pastoral

Philip Roth - American Pastoral: deserving of the Pulitzer

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:25:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsherry - After reading Roth’s novel “The Human Stain”, I had to wonder how anything Roth wrote could be better than that one. After all, “The Human Stain” did not win the Pulitzer Prize, but “American Pastoral” did. Could this book...

Philip Roth - American Pastoral: deserved the Pulitzer!!! disturbing, great book

Fri, 26 May 2000 11:49:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - I read American Pastoral not long after my daughter was born and I think that had an affect on how I perceived it. Swede Levov has a great life...he's married to a former Miss New Jersey, has a nice home, wonderful daughter who is the 'apple of his eye.'...

Philip Roth - American Pastoral: Makes My Top 5

Tue, 2 May 2000 17:02:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anabanana - This book just rocked my world. I had never read anything by Philip Roth before (I had picked up Portnoy's Complaint once but never got anywhere with it), and so I had no idea what to expect. Roth's writing, the story, the historical commentary and...

Philip Roth - American Pastoral: Best Book I've Read Lately

Tue, 1 Feb 2000 23:07:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mccampbell - This is the most though-provoking book I have read in the past few years. As the mother of two small children, I think continually about how to raise them to help them avoid the perils of post-industrial society. Is there anything I can do, as a...

Philip Roth - American Pastoral: Pulitzer Prize Winner and deserved it

Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:26:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aspivack -
Not many people seem to know about this powerful and profound novel, but Philip Roth's twenty-second book, published in 1997, won the Pulitzer Prize and rightfully so.

So you will trust this review, here is a bit of background. I am a recent...