Download or read book Understanding Philip Roth written by Matthew A. Shipe and published by Understanding Contemporary Ame. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Understanding Philip Roth, Shipe illustrates how Roth constructed one of the richest bodies of work in American letters, his fiction capturing the absurdities, contradictions, and turmoil that shaped the US in the six decades following the Second World War.