false 703 28 In an astonishing feat of narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected President. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial "understanding" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threatens to destroy his small, safe corner of America -- and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother. 911456 book 2004 The Plot Against America (Vintage International) total:6282|5:34|4:91|3:64|2:22|1:4| 6282 22669 8710 743 5 11 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 07 13:45:18 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 13:58:51 -0800 2008
So after a month of election obsession here in Chicago, I find my schedule of book review...more...]]> 4 6 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 18:53:18 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 10:27:32 -0700 2007
First off let me say this book is NOT what most...more...]]> 2 7 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 29 18:35:06 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 22 07:56:29 -0800 2007 1. The thought has crossed my mind a couple times in the first 200 pages to put the book down. If I don't finish it, I'll probably never write a full review. ...more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Nov 11 07:39:35 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 19 05:10:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 16:30:07 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 07:53:45 -0700 2007 The Plot Against America is a wonderful and surprising read -- especially in its restraint. Roth's story provides insightful commentary on how American presidential cam...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon May 19 08:46:51 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 08:48:25 -0700 2008 Portnoy’s Complaint in college. That book spoke hysterically of the torments of a desire conflicting with one’s upbringing and one’s own better sense. Roth captured so keenly the nature of an almost self-destructive pursuit and the com...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 11:48:14 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 13:30:25 -0700 2007 My closest book-swapping sidekick disliked this one, and another friend began but put it down soon after, so I started reading with a bit of hesitation.

I should say at this point that Roth's American Pastoral is one of my all-time favorites. It starts incredibly slow (i.e. I didn't e...more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 04:50:54 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 07:21:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 10:56:41 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 13:47:33 -0700 2008
It takes place in America in the early 1940's and takes us through the journey of a Jewish family living in the ghetto of Newark. The twist is: FDR didn't get a third term. Instead Li...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 23:51:30 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 08:35:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 14:19:16 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 16:57:06 -0700 2008
It was fascinating to read the book and compare/contrast and think very deeply about our political si...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jun 28 15:33:19 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 15:34:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 06 22:08:14 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 10:10:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:45:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 17:59:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 15:00:43 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 16:29:53 -0700 2008 The story is told from the perspective of the youngest child of a working-class Jewish family living in Newark, New Jer...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 13:04:10 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:01:09 -0700 2008 The Yiddish Policemen's Union, was disappointing; (2) I had a friend who did not like it; and (3) I started reading it about a year ago and put it down because...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Mar 28 23:58:41 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 22:19:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Feb 18 20:56:30 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 21:00:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 09:50:03 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 12:44:59 -0800 2008 The Plot Against America disappointing. I didn't think that Roth pursued his alternate history far enough into his narrator's future, and I didn't think he explored its implications thoroughly enough. Roth uses...more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jul 24 09:35:21 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 09:43:58 -0700 2007
Cette uchronie nous emporte chez l’auteur lui-même, dans les années 40. Famille juive américaine de Newark, Sumit Avenue (New Jersey). Une ville bien tranquille, 3 synagogues concurrentes, où il fait bon être juif. A tel ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=703