Forfatter fødeår: 1933-2018
'This is a vicious, furious book, unapologetically not of this age - it is also horribly funny and unflinchingly honest' New StatesmanDavid Kepesh, white-haired, and now in his sixties, is an eminent cultural critic on NPR radio and a formidable lecturer at a New York college.
This is the conclusion to Roth’s brilliant trilogy of post-war America – a story of seismic shifts in American history and a personal search for renewal and regeneration. 'An... Læs mere
JEG GIFTEDE MIG MED EN KOMMUNIST er historien om Ira Ringolds storhed og fald. Han begynder som grøftegraver i 1930’ernes Newark, New Jersey, bliver en stor... Læs mere
Det kunne være sket, og hvad var der sket, hvis flyverhelten og antisemitten Charles Lindbergh havde vundet det amerikanske præsidentvalg i 1940? Hvad ville det f.eks. have betydet... Læs mere
Startlingly, Philip Roth meets a man in Jerusalem called Philip Roth who has been touring Israel - riding high on the author's reputation - preaching a bizarre reverse-exodus of the Jews, encouraging them to return to their ancestral homes in Europe.
Presents an acerbic response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E Dixon, the author portrays an American president who outdoes the... Læs mere
Patrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son. Philip Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father, famous for his vigour, his charm and his skill... Læs mere
Simon Axler is one of America's leading classical stage actors, but his talent - his magic - has deserted him. It is only when he begins an affair with Pegeen - formerly a lesbian of 17 years - that Axler's regeneration (and then his final catastrophe) can begin.
The Ruppert Mundy's, once the great baseball team in America, are now in a terminal decline, their line-up filled with a disreputable assortment of old men, drunks and even... Læs mere