Philip Roth

In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified greatness that is an elegy for all the twentieth century’s promises of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss.

by John Romano

American Pastoral is a 2016 American crime-drama film directed by Ewan McGregor and written by John Romano, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Philip Roth.

concerning Seymour Swede Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey

American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey.

an upcoming American crime-drama film , directed by Ewan McGregormaking Ewan McGregor's directorial debut, and written by John Romano and Noah Haidle

American Pastoral is an upcoming American crime-drama film directed by Ewan McGregor, making Ewan McGregor's directorial debut, and written by John Romano and Noah Haidle.

Nathan Zuckerman

Philip Roth published Nathan Zuckerman's novel American Pastoral in 1997, and his novel American Pastoral won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1998.

Roth

Among the most decorated American writers of Roth's generation, Roth has won every major American literary award, including the Pulitzer Prize for Roth's major novel American Pastoral (1997).

a family whose seemingly idyllic existence is shattered by the social and political turmoil of the 1960s

AMERICAN PASTORAL follows a family whose seemingly idyllic existence is shattered by the social and political turmoil of the 1960s.

John Romano, who’s known McGregor's work in The Lincoln Lawyer

The screenplay for American Pastoral was written by John Romano, who’s known McGregor's work in The Lincoln Lawyer.

Nicholas Sparks's first adaptation of this caliber

This isn’t Romano’s first attempt at adapting a novel to the big screen, having written the screenplay for The Lincoln Lawyer and Nicholas Sparks’s Nights of Rodanthe, but American Pastoral is Nicholas Sparks's first adaptation of this caliber, so transposing the story from the page to a roughly two-hour drama is no easy feat.

the story of Seymour Levov, “in the values of virtue and dignity the Swede,” whose charmed life as a great high school athlete and successful businessman with optimistic belief in self-reliance and hard work,

American Pastoral, the first of Roth’s American trilogy, is the story of Seymour Levov, “the Swede,” whose charmed life as a great high school athlete and successful businessman with optimistic belief in self-reliance and hard work, in the values of virtue and dignity, is crushed by the political violence of the sixties.

the story of the American berserk – that novelist Phillip Roth

This is a truth that crouches in the dark corner of the American story – the story of the American berserk – that novelist Phillip Roth has written about prophetically in American Pastoral.

Based on Phillip Roth’s celebrated novel about a seemingly perfect all-American family whose daughter becomes swept up in the 1960s anti-war movement

Based on Phillip Roth’s celebrated novel about a seemingly perfect all-American family whose daughter becomes swept up in the 1960s anti-war movement, “American Pastoral” is a contrived and heavy-handed mess that is completely lacking in subtlety.

of Swede Levov, a former superstar high school athlete who marries Ms. New Jersey

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, American Pastoral tells the story of Swede Levov, a former superstar high school athlete who marries Ms. New Jersey.

the Pulitzer Prize– winning author of American Pastoral

Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York in the final installment of the renowned Zuckerman series, a novel about love, mourning, desire, and animosity by “one of the greatest living American writers” (San Francisco Chronicle), the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.

Jim Morrison – the much-vaunted lizard king of West Coast American pysychedelia and frontman of The Doors

An American Pastoral is a 50 minute experimental piece led by and featuring Jim Morrison – the much-vaunted lizard king of West Coast American pysychedelia and frontman of The Doors.

one of Maria Semple's six best books and one of Ward

American Pastoral is one of Maria Semple's six best books and one of Ward

a book that Robin Van Persie wrote some time in the last ten years called American Pastoral

Perhaps to get people started I would recommend a book called American Pastoral that Robin Van Persie wrote some time in the last ten years.

the feature directorial debut of English actor Ewan McGregor, who has starred in tons of films including Star Wars, Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge

American Pastoral is the feature directorial debut of English actor Ewan McGregor, who has starred in tons of films including Star Wars, Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge!, Big Fish, The Ghost Writer, Last Days in the Desert, The Impossible, and Our Kind of Traitor most recently.

a classic novel that follows the Levov family through much of the mid-20th century as Americans grapple with the American dream

American Pastoral is a classic novel that follows the Levov family through much of the mid-20th century as Americans grapple with the American dream.

Ewan McGregor's first stint as a director

American Pastoral is Ewan McGregor's first stint as a director; California Dreams explores the real folks trying to make it in LA, La La Land-style; G-Funk dives into the style of hip hop started by Warren G, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg; and 2016 Cannes hit The Transformation follows a 14-year-old who thinks the Aussie 's a vampire.