Philip Roth titled his 1973 work this, synonymous with the U.S. concept of a mythical magnum opus
In complete contrast, American Pastoral (1997), the first volume of 
his so-called .... Two of Roth's works have won the National Book Award for 
Fiction; four... [DOC] [TLE] John Updike - Wikipedia [PAR] The Fiction Circus, an online and multimedia literary magazine, called Updike 
one of the "four Great American Novelists" of his time along with Philip Roth,... [DOC] [TLE] American Pastoral - Wikipedia [PAR] American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour 
"Swede" ... Called "the Swede" because of his anomalous blond hair, blue eyes 
and ... and 1973 by the Weathermen and other radicals opposing the US military 
... legendary all-around Jewish athlete who, like the Levov character, attended... [DOC] [TLE] PDF(726K) - Wiley Online Library [PAR] History or Philip Roth's novel The Plot against ...