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The Human Stain is set in 1998 in the United States, during the period of President Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings and scandal over Monica Lewinsky. It is the third of Roth's postwar novels that take on large social themes.
The Human Stain is a 2003 American drama film directed by Robert Benton. Its screenplay, by Nicholas Meyer, is based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris.
Dec 18, 2003 · When his affair with young troubled janitor Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his children, and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman (Gary Sinise), fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences.
Oct 31, 2003 · The Human Stain. Roger Ebert October 31, 2003. Tweet. May contain spoilers. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Note: "The Human Stain" contains a significant secret about one of the characters. This review discusses it.
May 10, 2000 · It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town an aging Classics professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues decree that he is a racist.
In The Human Stain, Nathan Zuckerman’s neighbor, Coleman Silk, is a retired classics professor who left his position at Athena College in disgrace after supposedly using a racial epithet to refer to two African-American students.
May 10, 2000 · Philip Roth's serious indictment of late twentieth-century America, "The Human Stain," is much more than a novel. On one level, Roth examines the devastating impact of a false accusation on an exemplary man's character; in this regard, "Stain" is little less than brilliant.
- Philip Roth
