"Nemesis" von Philip Roth ist ein Roman, der während eines Polio-Ausbruchs im Sommer 1944 in Newark, New Jersey, spielt. Im Mittelpunkt steht Bucky Cantor, ein junger Sportlehrer und Verantwortlicher für einen Spielplatz. Bucky ist ein...

Roth's short novel (his 30th) now comes in paperback. Simon Axler, once the leading stage actor of his generation, is now in his 60s and has lost his magic, talent and confidence. With his wife and audience gone, how can he make a...

"The Plot Against America" von Philip Roth ist ein alternativer Geschichtsroman, der in den 1940er Jahren in den Vereinigten Staaten spielt. Die Geschichte wird aus der Perspektive des jungen Philip Roth erzählt und beschreibt eine...

Simon Axler, one of the leading American stage actors of his generation, is now in his sixties and has lost his magic, talent, and assurance. His Falstaff and Peer Gynt and Vanya, all his great roles, "are melted into air, into thin...

"Em vaig casar amb un comunista" (im Original "I Married a Communist") ist ein Roman von Philip Roth, der Teil seiner sogenannten "Amerikanischen Trilogie" ist. Die Geschichte dreht sich um Ira Ringold, einen leidenschaftlichen...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionThe Counterlife is about people living their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so far as to risk their lives to alter their destinies. Wherever they find...

Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history novel--the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president--is soon to be an HBO limited series.In an extraordinary feat of narrative...

Sabbath's Theater is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after...

"The Plot Against America" von Philip Roth ist ein alternativer Geschichtsroman, der in den Vereinigten Staaten der 1940er Jahre spielt. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine jüdische Familie aus Newark, New Jersey, die mit Schrecken miterlebt, wie...

'The Anatomy Lesson is a ferocious, heartfelt book - lavish with laughs and flamboyant inventions' John UpdikeWith his fortieth birthday receding into the distance, along with his hairline and his most successful novel, the writer Nathan...

Set in a Newark neighborhood during a terrifying polio outbreak, Nemesis is a wrenching examination of the forces of circumstance on our lives. Bucky Cantor is a vigorous, dutiful twenty-three-year-old playground director during the...

Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history-the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president-is soon to be an HBO limited series. In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention,...