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The Human Stain is a novel by Philip Roth, published May 5, 2000. The book is set in Western Massachusetts in the late 1990s. Its narrator is 65-year-old author Nathan Zuckerman, who appears in several earlier Roth novels, including two books that form a loose trilogy with The Human Stain, American Pastoral (1997) and I Married a Communist ...
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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 .
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Dec 18, 2003 · A former college dean (Anthony Hopkins) has a romance with a young woman (Nicole Kidman) and reveals a shocking secret from his past. The film is adapted from Philip Roth's novel and directed by Robert Benton.
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Oct 31, 2003 · A film adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about a professor who passes for white and falls in love with a janitor. Ebert praises the actors and the director for exploring the themes of identity, race and class.
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May 10, 2000 · The Human Stain by Philip Roth fascinated me – Roth drilled down into each character in such detail a less talented author would have been accused of ‘banging on’ too much. He moved around seamlessly between subjects and people, but the best for me, was the stream of surprises he threw in my face.
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The Human Stain is a 2000 novel by Philip Roth that explores themes of identity, race, and sexuality. The narrator, Nathan Zuckerman, tells the story of his neighbor, Coleman Silk, a retired professor who has an affair with a young woman and is killed by her ex-husband.
Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend ...
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