The Human Stain by Philip Roth (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Human Stain by Philip Roth This is the conclusion to Roths brilliant trilogy of post-war America – a story of seismic shifts in American history and a personal search for renewal and regeneration.An extraordinary book - bursting with rage, humming with ideas, full of dazzling sleights of hand Sunday Telegraph FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description New to Vintage Classics, this is Roths brilliant conclusion to his eloquent trilogy of post-war America - a magnificent successor to American Pastoral and I Married a CommunistThe American psyche is channelled into the gripping story of one man. This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Philip Roth at his very best.It is 1998, the year America is plunged into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president. In a small New England town a distinguished professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues allege that he is a racist. The charge is unfounded, the persecution needless, but the truth about Silk would astonish even his most virulent accuser. Coleman Silk has a secret that he has kept for fifty years. This is the conclusion to Roths brilliant trilogy of post-war America - a story of seismic shifts in American history and a personal search for renewal and regeneration.An extraordinary book - bursting with rage, humming with ideas, full of dazzling sleights of hand Sunday Telegraph Author Biography Philip Roth was one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century. Born in Newark, New Jersey on 19 March 1933, Roth grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighbourhood he was to return to time and again in his writing. He attended Bucknell University,Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, receiving a scholarship to complete his M.A. in English Literature.In 1959, Roth published his first book Goodbye, Columbus for which he received the National Book Award. Ten years later, the publication of his fourth novel, Portnoys Complaint, brought Roth both critical and commercial success. Roth was the author of thirty-one books through which he explored and gave voice to the complexities of the American experience in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries.Roths lasting contribution to literature was widely recognised throughout his lifetime, both in the US and abroad. Among other commendations he was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the International Man Booker Prize, twice the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award, and presented with the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal by Presidents Clinton and Obama, respectively.Philip Roth died on 22 May 2018 at the age of eighty-five. Review The Human Stain pulses with the strengths that make Roth a prime contender for the status of the most impressive novelist now writing in and about America * Sunday Times *One of his very best... There are passages of such sustained brilliance here that I found myself going over them again and again in gaping disbelief. An extraordinary book - bursting with rage, humming with ideas, full of dazzling sleights of hand * Sunday Telegraph *A novel so furious in its telling, with a plot so intricate in its construction that it is infused with a kind of diabolic joy. A masterpiece * Mail on Sunday *[A] tender, shocking and incendiary story on the failure of the American dream refracted through the prism of race -- Arifa Akbar * Guardian *One of the most beautiful books Ive ever read * Red * Promotional New to Vintage Classics, this is Roths brilliant conclusion to his eloquent trilogy of post-war America - a magnificent successor to American Pastoral and I Married a Communist Review Text The Human Stain pulses with the strengths that make Roth a prime contender for the status of the most impressive novelist now writing in and about America Review Quote The Human Stain pulses with the strengths that make Roth a prime contender for the status of the most impressive novelist now writing in and about America Promotional "Headline" New to Vintage Classics, this is Roths brilliant conclusion to his eloquent trilogy of post-war America - a magnificent successor to American Pastoral and I Married a Communist Details ISBN1784875562 Author Philip Roth Pages 384 Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2019 ISBN-10 1784875562 ISBN-13 9781784875565 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-08-01 Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-01 AU Release Date 2019-08-01 NZ Release Date 2019-08-01 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Alternative 9781446400531 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123840304;

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