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Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey.
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Philip Roth
3 linksAmerican novelist and short story writer.
American novelist and short story writer.
He received a Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 novel American Pastoral, which featured one of his best-known characters, Nathan Zuckerman.
American Pastoral (film)
3 linksAmerican Pastoral is a 2016 American crime-drama film directed by Ewan McGregor and written by John Romano, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Philip Roth.
Nathan Zuckerman
2 linksFictional character created by the writer Philip Roth, who uses him as his protagonist and narrator, a type of alter ego, in many of his novels.
Fictional character created by the writer Philip Roth, who uses him as his protagonist and narrator, a type of alter ego, in many of his novels.
He reintroduced Zuckerman as witness and narrator in a trilogy of historical novels: American Pastoral (1997), I Married a Communist (1998), and The Human Stain (2000), set in the period from the 1960s into the 1990s.
Weequahic, Newark
1 linksNeighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Author Philip Roth grew up on Summit Avenue, graduated from Weequahic High School in 1950, and many of his novels (such as American Pastoral, Nemesis) are set there.
1967 Newark riots
1 linksEpisode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey, United States.
The riots were depicted in the 1997 Philip Roth novel American Pastoral as well as its 2016 film adaptation, directed by and starring Ewan McGregor, alongside Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
0 linksCity and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, United States.
City and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, United States.
Elizabeth is the hometown of Mary Dawn Dwyer Levov, the principal female character in Philip Roth's 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral.
Class reunion
0 linksMeeting of former classmates, often organized at or near their former high school or college by one or more class members.
Meeting of former classmates, often organized at or near their former high school or college by one or more class members.
Philip Roth's American Pastoral (1997)
Swede Masin
0 linksHigh school and college athlete of great versatility.
High school and college athlete of great versatility.
In the late 1990s, Masin attracted much attention, thanks to Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral (1997).
John Jacobs (activist)
0 linksAmerican student and anti-war activist in the 1960s and early 1970s.
American student and anti-war activist in the 1960s and early 1970s.
In the fiction novel American Pastoral by Philip Roth, the daughter of the central character appears to be a member of the Weather Underground.
Yolande Fox
0 linksAmerican singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951.
American singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951.
In the early 1990s Yolande Fox was contacted by the writer Philip Roth, who was researching the Miss America beauty pageant for his novel American Pastoral.