American Pastoral
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American Pastoral is a 1997 novel by Philip Roth, which won him the Pulitzer Prize. It is the first novel in Roth's American Trilogy series and is narrated by his recurring character, Nathan Zuckerman.
The novel tells the story of a middle-class Jewish American couple whose lives are shattered when their daughter becomes a radical political activist and a terrorist in the 1960s. The narrative explores themes of the American Dream, the loss of innocence, and the profound impact of political and social upheaval on family life. The series also includes I Married a Communist and The Human Stain.1
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