The human stain /
Roth, Philip.
The human stain / Philip Roth. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000. - 361 p. ; 24 cm.
Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public.
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Passing (Identity)--Fiction.
African American men--Fiction.
College teachers--Fiction.
Jewish men--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
American 20th century--Fiction.
Newark (N.J.)--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Humorous fiction.
PS3568.O855 / H8 2000
813/.54
The human stain / Philip Roth. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000. - 361 p. ; 24 cm.
Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public.
0618059458 9780618059454
99089867
Passing (Identity)--Fiction.
African American men--Fiction.
College teachers--Fiction.
Jewish men--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
American 20th century--Fiction.
Newark (N.J.)--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Humorous fiction.
PS3568.O855 / H8 2000
813/.54