Sabbath's Theater
American novelist, 1933–2018. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1998 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1960 and 1995.
Sabbath's Theater is a 1995 novel by Philip Roth. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1995.
On 2 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Philip Roth
- First published
- 1995
- Length
- 496 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1995
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist, 1996
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Psychological
Is Sabbath's Theater worth reading?
2 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1995) | Winner | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1996) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Sabbath's Theater
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1996), 496 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1996)
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN
- 9780099582014
How critics, prizes and readers rate Sabbath's Theater
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% 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 Sabbath's Theater
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