The Human Stain

图书标准信息

• 作者 Philip Roth 著
• 出版社 Random House UK Ltd
• 出版时间 2001-12
• ISBN 9780099282198
• 定价 86.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Itis1988,theyearinwhichAmericaiswhippedintoafrenzyofpruriencebytheimpeachmentofapresident,andinasmallNewEnglandtown,itisthelastyearofthelifeoftheforciblyretired,disgraced,widowedprofessorColemanSilk,whoseowntragicexposureisplayedoutagainstthebackgroundoftheClintonrevelations.Coleman'ssecrethasbeenkeptforfiftyyearsfromhiswife,hisfourchildren,hiscolleagues,andhisfriends,includingthewriterNathanZuckerman,whosetsout-afterColeman'ssuspiciousdeathinacarcrashwithhismistress-tounderstandhowhiseminent,uprightman,esteemedasaneducatorfornearlyallhislife,hadfabricatedhisidentityandhowthatcannilycontrolledlifecameunravelled.Setin1990sAmericawhereconflictingmoralitiesandideologicaldivisionsaremademanifestthroughpublicdenunciationandritualsofpurification,THEHUMANSTAINconcludesPhilipRoth'seloquenttrilogyofpost-war,Americanlivesthatareastragicallydeterminedbythenation'sfateasbythe'humanstain'thatsoineradicablymarkshumannature.

【作者简介】

In1997PhilipRothwonthePulitzerPrizeforAmericanPastoral.In1998hereceivedtheNationalMedalofArtsattheWhiteHouse,andin2002receivedthehighestawardoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,theGoldMedalinFiction,previouslyawardedtoJohnDosPassos,WilliamFaulkner,andSaulBellow,amongothers.HehastwicewontheNationalBookAward,thePEN/FaulknerAward,andtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.In2005,PhilipRothwillbecomethethirdlivingAmericanwritertohavehisworkpublishedinacomprehensive,definitiveeditionbytheLibraryofAmerica.Thelastoftheeightvolumesisscheduledforpublicationin2013.