Book · 1998 · Fiction
American Pastoral
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Philip Roth's American Pastoral, which I love as a book.
Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2019 Listen at 15:50 What they say about it
- Discusses reading the novel“Right before this I had read American Pastoral”2
The best things said about it
I sometimes reread this great passage from Philip Roth's American Pastoral.
Angela Duckworth No Stupid Questions · Jan 2023 Suddenly late in life he's writing this series of of longer increasingly long and complex Works um you know like American pastoral and things like that.
Amor Towles How I Write · Feb 2024 There's the zukerman trilogy which introduces this character of Nathan zukerman who would be also the perceiving consciousness of uh American pastoral and Human Stain.
So, you can read American Standing by Philip Roth and you may not understand or relate to an upper northeast professor who's passing for white...
Right before this I had read American Pastoral.
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American Pastoral is a critically acclaimed 1997 novel by Philip Roth that examines the disintegration of a successful American family during the turbulent social upheavals of the late twentieth century. The book was frequently discussed by guests and hosts across various podcasts. On The Book Review, Taffy Brodesser-Akner cited the novel as her favorite Philip Roth book, mentioning that she had read it shortly before encountering The Corrections. Also on The Book Review, S.A. Cosby used the novel to compare mainstream literary fiction with crime fiction, while Tony Scott brought up the book to highlight Roth's sustained thematic focus and mentioned it within the context of the Zuckerman trilogy, which features the perceiving consciousness of Nathan Zuckerman. Amor Towles cited Philip Roth's novel on How I Write to illustrate how certain authors produce increasingly long and complex works later in their careers. Glenn Loury mentioned American Pastoral on Conversations with Tyler as another favorite novel by Philip Roth. Additionally, Angela Duckworth shared on No Stupid Questions that she sometimes reread a great passage from Philip Roth's novel, using it to illustrate the illusions that people frequently form about one another during personal interviews.
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner Right before this I had read American Pastoral. Before that I was reading classics because I had gone to a… 2
“Right before this I had read American Pastoral. Before that I was reading classics because I had gone to a yeshiva where I felt that we were not like prepared to go out into the world literature-wise.”
“but for you Taffy it's American pastoral also it's American pastoral”
Amor Towles suddenly late in life he's writing this series of of longer increasingly long and complex Works um you know… 1
“suddenly late in life he's writing this series of of longer increasingly long and complex Works um you know like American pastoral and things like that”
Angela Duckworth I sometimes reread this great passage from Philip Roth's American pastoral 1
“I sometimes reread this great passage from Philip Roth's American pastoral”
Glenn Loury American pastoral is another one that I that I'm really very fun Philip Roth 1
“American pastoral is another one that I that I'm really very fun Philip Roth”
Lex Fridman the conversation I've heard mentioned a Philip Roth's American pastoral which I love as a book 1
“the conversation I've heard mentioned a Philip Roth's American pastoral which I love as a book”
S.A. Cosby So, you can read American Standing by Philip Roth and you may not understand or relate to an upper northeas… 1
“So, you can read American Standing by Philip Roth and you may not understand or relate to an upper northeast professor who's passing for white...”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker2
“I'm thinking of American pastoral in in particular”
“there's the zukerman trilogy which introduces this character of Nathan zukerman who would be also the perceiving consciousness of uh American pastoral and Human Stain”
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“so there's all this sort of like people talk about Philip Roth American pastoral”
“have you read American pastoral you know I haven't American pastoral is actually one of the things that I'm not too proud to admit”
“American pastoral of course is right up there and it's a very different kind of Roth book”