Philip Roth Book order (chronological)

From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich comes a richly layered novel that explores identity, exploitation, and how the burdens of history still shape our lives today.

Originally published: New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

An acclaimed novelist presents a breathtakingly original tale of personal transformation, intertwining the lives of two disparate characters—a seasoned lawyer and a young novelist—both drawn to the Israeli desert in search of meaning. Jules Epstein, a 68-year-old man marked by ambition and a larger-than-life persona, faces a profound metamorphosis following the deaths of his parents, a long marriage's end, and retirement from his prestigious legal career. Compelled to give away his possessions, he embarks on a journey to Israel with an unclear intention to honor his parents. In Tel Aviv, he encounters a charismatic rabbi who believes Epstein is a descendant of King David and introduces him to his captivating daughter. She persuades him to join her film project about David's life in the desert, leading to transformative experiences. Meanwhile, a young novelist from Brooklyn, grappling with writer's block and a troubled marriage, returns to the Tel Aviv Hilton, a place steeped in her history. Seeking inspiration, she meets a retired literature professor who offers her an intriguing project, plunging her into a mystery that reshapes her understanding of life. Rich in humor and insight, this novel explores themes of metamorphosis and self-discovery, urging readers to look beyond the visible toward the infinite.

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi is an impassioned response to the Holocaust: Consisting of 21 short stories, each possessing the name of a chemical element, the collection tells of the author's experiences as a Jewish-Italian chemist before, during, and after Auschwitz in luminous, clear, and unfailingly beautiful prose. It has been named the best science book ever by the Royal Institution of Great Britain and is considered to be Levi's crowning achievement.

Филип Рот (р. 1933) - признанный классик американской литературы. Это единственный писатель, трижды награжденный премией Уильяма Фолкнера. Самая нелепая и ничтожная случайность может дать трагический поворот человеческой судьбе. Так, и юного Марка череда ошибок, незаметных на первый взгляд, ввергла в кровавый хаос Корейской войны. Череда ошибок и кипящее в нем возмущение.

Patrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son. Philip Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father, famous for his vigour, his charm and his skill as a raconteur - lovingly called 'the Bard of Newark' - battles with the brain tumour that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long engagement with life. Written with fierce tenderness, Patrimony is a classic work of memoir by a master storyteller.

Nathan Zuckerman torna a New York dopo undici anni di isolamento nel New England, dove ha vissuto come scrittore, lontano da voci, media e minacce. Rientrando nella città, Zuckerman incontra tre persone che infrangono la sua solitudine. Il primo incontro è con una giovane coppia a cui offre uno scambio di case: loro lasciano Manhattan post-11 settembre per il suo rifugio di campagna, mentre lui torna alla vita cittadina. In questo scambio, Zuckerman desidera anche un'altra connessione: quella con la giovane Jamie, il cui fascino lo riporta verso l'intimità e il gioco tra cuore e corpo. Il secondo contatto è con Amy Bellette, musa del suo primo eroe letterario, E. I. Lonoff. Sebbene malata e invecchiata, Amy cerca di preservare la memoria di Lonoff, che ha mostrato a Zuckerman la via della vocazione creativa. Infine, incontra un aspirante biografo di Lonoff, un giovane pronto a tutto per scoprire il "grande segreto" del maestro. Coinvolto in un dramma di amore, perdita, desiderio e rivalità, Zuckerman esplora nuove dimensioni della sua vita e della sua scrittura, arricchendo l'universo narrativo di Philip Roth.

Roth's "Nemesis" is the story of a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a closely knit, family-oriented Newark community and its children.

Er ist Anwalt, 33 und hat nur eines im Kopf: Sex. Ob Alexander Portnoy in der Öffentlichkeit onaniert, es mit einem Stück Leber treibt oder seine Freundin zu einem Dreier nötigt - stets ist er hin- und hergerissen zwischen Begierden, die mit seinem Gewissen unvereinbar sind, und einem Gewissen, das mit seinen Begierden unvereinbar ist. Beim Psychiater lässt er sein verwirrtes Leben Revue passieren. Mit „Portnoys Beschwerden“ hat Philip Roth eine brillante Satire geschrieben und zugleich den Prototyp des Sexualneurotikers erfunden. Vierzig Jahre nach der Erstveröffentlichung hat der Weltbestseller in einer Neuübersetzung nichts von seiner überschäumenden Komik eingebüßt.