by Philip Roth · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490321454
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In an alternative history, Philip Roth presents us with an America where Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 elections. Through the eyes of a Jewish family in Newark, we witness how antisemitism takes root in American society during Lindbergh's presidency, who establishes a pact with Nazi Germany. This novel explores the fear, persecution, and uncertainty faced by Jewish citizens in a country sliding towards intolerance and authoritarianism. A reflection on the dangers of isolationism and the fragility of civil liberties.
Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of Jewish and American identity. He first gained attention with the 1959 short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy's Complaint. Nathan Zuckerman, Roth's literary alter ego, narrates several of his books. A fictionalized Roth narrates some of his others, such as the alternate history The Plot Against America.
