American Pastoral
American novelist, 1933–2018. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1998 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1960 and 1995.
American Pastoral is a 1997 novel by Philip Roth. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1998.
In family saga
On 3 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Philip Roth
- First published
- 1997
- Length
- 432 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1998
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Political, Family saga
Is American Pastoral worth reading?
3 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1998) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of American Pastoral
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1998), 432 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1998)
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780099771814
How critics, prizes and readers rate American Pastoral
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 17% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like American Pastoral
If you liked American Pastoral, try Sabbath's Theater, Portnoy’s Complaint or The Plot Against America.
