American Pastoral Resources

You don't have to be a member to access this excellent Roth site.

Check out The New York Times page on Roth for lots of helpful resources.

The list looks at fiction from 1923 to the present.

Some information on the protest organization alluded to in the novel.

From PBS, some information on another group alluded to in the novel.

This site is from Random House, the publishers of the novel, and has a long list of questions to direct your reading.

Ewan McGregor: from Trainspotting junkie to American Pastoral hero.

An essay from The New York Times.

An Newsweek essay by David Gates discussing the role of the terrorist in fiction. Gates mentions American Pastoral.

From the Guardian—lots of Zuckerman history, for your enjoyment.

A review from Slate.

A review from the Post-Gazette. Provides a nice discussion of "the pastoral" as a literary form.

Roth talks about the final Zuckerman book, Exit Ghost.

Roth talks about why he has to kill Nathan Zuckerman and much, much more.

From 2006: getting to know the great man himself.

Roth discusses America. He does not shout "USA! USA!"

Jeffrey Brown interviews Roth. Roth keeps his poker face on.

Information on the 1967 riots referenced in the novel.

Roth on writing about sex. Scan-da-lous.

This cover features a family on the front.

Roth is the coolest kid on his block.

Looks nice, Phil! Can we come visit?