{"product_id":"the-human-stain-philip-roth","title":"The Human Stain: Philip Roth","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinary book - bursting with rage, humming with ideas, full of dazzling sleights of hand'- \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Philip Roth's brilliant conclusion to his eloquent trilogy of post-war America - a magnificent successor to \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Married a Communist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt is 1998, the year America is plunged into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town a distinguished classics 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coleman Silk has a secret, one which has been kept for fifty years from his wife, his four children, his colleagues, and his friends, including the writer Nathan Zuckerman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is Zuckerman who comes upon Silk's secret, and sets out to unearth his former buried life, piecing the biographical fragments back together. This is against backdrop of seismic shifts in American history, which take on real, human urgency as Zuckerman discovers more and more about Silk's past and his futile search for renewal and regeneration.\u003cbr\u003e ________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE HUMAN STAIN\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of the most beautiful books I've ever read' \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e' A tender, shocking and incendiary story on the failure of the American dream refracted through the prism of race' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/philip-roth-books\"\u003ePhilip Roth\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780099282198\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.50","offer_id":47909000511665,"sku":"SB-0099282194-C3","price":1.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47909000544433,"sku":"SB-0099282194-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0099282194.jpg?v=1789162587","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-human-stain-philip-roth","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}