《美国牧歌》是罗斯“美国三部曲”的第一部并获得普利策奖。小说叙述了从大萧条到20世纪末一个体面的犹太企业家美国梦破灭的故事。塞莫尔·利沃夫是人人仰慕的棒球明星, “American Pastoral” is the first of Rose’s “American Trilogy” and won the Pulitzer Prize. The novel narrates the story of the collapse of the American dream from the Depression until the end of the 20th century by a decent Jewish entrepreneur. Seymour Lviv is everyone admired baseball star,