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    American Pastorals

    At the height of our national ease, Philip Roth and Allegra Goodman each warned us that the end of history was just an illusion

    byMichael Hoberman
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    Philip Roth Fails Yet Another Screen Test

    Not even Ewan McGregor can turn the author’s narcissism into a relatable work of art in his adaptation of ‘American Pastoral’

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Ewan McGregor (R) and Jennifer Connelly
    Ewan McGregor (R) and Jennifer Connelly
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    Roth’s ‘American Pastoral’ Will Finally Hit the Big Screen

    Ewan McGregor directs and stars as Seymour ‘Swede’ Levov, offering audiences a timely, cinematic glimpse into the ‘indigenous American berserk’

    byJesse Bernstein
  • Philip Roth's annotated first-edition of 'American Pastoral.' (Pen American Center)
    Philip Roth's annotated first-edition of 'American Pastoral.' (Pen American Center)
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    Signed Roth Books Pull Big Bucks at Auction

    Portnoy’s Complaint and American Pastoral raise more than $130,000

    byStephanie Butnick
  • The Philip Roth Altar at Temple Emanu-El(Adam Chandler)
    The Philip Roth Altar at Temple Emanu-El(Adam Chandler)
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    Alec Baldwin and Others Read Philip Roth

    Actors stage a tribute to Roth with a reading

    byAdam Chandler
  • Philip Roth, 2009.(Beowulf Sheehan/Pen American Center)
    Philip Roth, 2009.(Beowulf Sheehan/Pen American Center)
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    Roth Redux

    Philip Roth’s defenders point to his later, more serious works to argue for his place in the canon. In truth, those books make clearer his weaknesses.

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Philip Roth last night.(The author)
    Philip Roth last night.(The author)
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    Roth Ain’t Quitting Yet

    Fresh off Booker win, novelist honored with discussion of his latest

    byMarc Tracy
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    (Tablet Magazine)
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    Crash Course

    After a lifetime of avoiding Philip Roth’s books, a reader decides to see what all the fuss is about

    byEryn Loeb
  • (Roth photo © Nancy Crampton)
    (Roth photo © Nancy Crampton)
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    Upstaged

    In ‘The Humbling,’ Philip Roth imagines an actor grappling with the waning of his gifts

    byAdam Kirsch
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