Philip Roth
Philip Roth (1933-2018) was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, the setting for much of his most powerful fiction. The son of first-generation American Jews, he studied at Bucknell University and the University of Chicago before publishing his debut collection Goodbye, Columbus (1959), which won the National Book Award and immediately established him as a major new voice. Portnoy's Complaint (1969) made him both famous and controversial, catapulting him to celebrity while drawing fierce criticism from some in the Jewish community. This author hub collects 3 works in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Portnoy's Complaint.
Start with Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth, ranked #248 in the Canon Compass list.
Featured Books
Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint: A hilarious, scandalous confession of desire and guilt. A landmark of American comic fiction.
Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the shattering of the American Dream through one family's catastrophe.
Explore The Human Stain by Philip Roth, a fierce novel of identity, secrets, and the cost of self-invention in America.