Patrimony

Nobody writes about the American family with more tenderness and honesty * New Statesman *
A simple, moving, generous work * Independent on Sunday *
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away - with words. But the Lord giveth back, miraculously, in the form of this book and this family history * Guardian *
A true story, told with all the powerful authority and cunning narrative order of a major writer * Sunday Times *
His best work since The Counterlife * Observer *
An extraordinary book about what it is to know a father – Adam Philips * London Review of Books *
Roth masterfully creates a remarkable portrait of a life that, seen from the outside, does not seem singular or remarkable, but which Roth turns into something deeply emblematic about the last American century… a literary tour-de-force – Douglas Kennedy * Writing Magazine *

Philip Roth was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 19, 1933. He grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighborhood that featured prominently in his writing.

Roth received the National Book Award for his first book, Goodbye, Columbus (1959). His fourth novel, Portnoy’s Complaint (1969), solidified his reputation as a major American writer, and American Pastoral (1997) earned him the Pulitzer Prize.

Over his career, Roth authored thirty-one books. He was honored with the International Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award twice. Presidents Clinton and Obama presented him with the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal, respectively.

Philip Roth died on May 22, 2018, at the age of eighty-five, six years after retiring from writing.

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