Roth, Philip. The human stain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
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Nathan Zuckerman is a decaying writer trying to write the story of Silk, a Jewish college professor accused of racism and left behind by his academic fellows. But Zuckerman will find some secrets in Silk's life that will turn around his perspective. "Zuckerman nonetheless–in the
search for this slippery, human truth–continues to violate
decorum, to drive down the dangerous back roads, to do things no sane
person would dream of doing in real life" (Partisan Review). This is a very descriptive and stylistically complex novel that will make the reader reflect about the true meaning of identity.
The movie, starring Australian Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris, was released in 2003 and won three prizes, including the USA AFI Award for Movie of the Year.
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Sources: New York Times, Partisan Review (Boston University), NoveList, IMDB
