Human Stain by Philip Roth

361 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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Human Stain by Philip Roth is ideal for readers who appreciate deeply introspective narratives that explore complex societal issues through the lens of flawed, secretive characters grappling with the collision of personal identity and public perception.

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It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town an aging Classics professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues decree that he is a r...

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