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American Pastoral chronicles the sudden collapse of Seymour "Swede" Levov’s seemingly perfect life—a prosperous businessman and former high school football hero from Newark, New Jersey—against the backdrop of 1960s America. Roth’s narrative captures the era’s domestic turmoil and broader political shifts, tracing how Levov’s world is disrupted by the changing social landscape and the Vietnam War. The novel’s exploration of identity, family, and American history earned it the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and later recognition as one of Time’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th century.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Philip Roth
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