菲利普·羅斯（1933-2018）

1997年，菲利普·羅斯憑藉《美國牧歌》摘得普利策文學奬。1998年，羅斯在白宮受頒美國國傢藝術勛章。2002年，他又獲得美國藝術文學院頒發的最高榮譽——虛構類作品金奬，該奬的往屆獲奬者有約翰·多斯·帕索斯、威廉·福剋納、索爾·貝婁等著名作傢。羅斯於1960年、1996年分彆憑藉處女作《再見，哥倫布》和《薩巴斯的劇院》兩度將美國國傢圖書奬攬入囊中。此外，他還獲得美國書評人協會奬兩次，筆會/福剋納奬三次。羅斯的《反美陰謀》被譽為“2003-2004年度以美國為主題的優秀曆史小說”，於2005年榮獲美國曆史學傢協會奬和W.H.史密斯文學奬年度最佳圖書。羅斯也因此成為W.H.史密斯文學奬設立四十六年以來首位兩度獲奬的作傢。

When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Lindbergh had publicly blamed the Jews for pushing America towards a pointless war with Nazi Germany. Then, upon taking office as the 33rd president of the United States, he also negotiated a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler. What followed in America is the historical setting for this startling new novel by Pulitzer-prize winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family during the menacing years of the Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews had every reason to expect the worst. Praise for "The Plot Against America": ""The Plot Against America" is an epic, built - painstakingly, passionately, near perfectly - of the small structures of the particular. A dark, humane masterpiece. Roth is at the peak of his powers" - "The Times". "The word genius doesn't seem excessive - utterly plausible. "The Plot Against America" creates its reality magisterially, in long, fluid sentences that carry you beyond scepticism" - "The Guardian". "Magnificent. Roth is writing the best books of his life. He captures better than anyone the collision of public and private, the intrusion of history into the skin, the pores of every individual alive" - "The Guardian".