Author · 1933–2018
Philip Roth
Philip Roth was an American novelist (1933–2018). Born in Newark.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Philip Roth, mostly alternate history, historical fiction and feudal-Japan fiction. They span 2004 to 2013. The most-read is The Plot Against America (2004).
Books by Philip Roth
Awards
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Plot Against America (nominee)
- 🏆Sidewise Award for Alternate History 2004 — Overall, The Plot Against America (winner)
Biography
Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) 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.*