The Human Stain: A Novel American Trilogy (3)

作者 Philip Roth著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 2011年11月第1版
ISBN 9780375726347
定价 119.50

内容简介

Itis1998,theyearinwhichAmericaiswhippedintoafrenzyofpruriencebytheimpeachmentofapresident,andinasmallNewEnglandtown,anagingclassicsprofessor,ColemanSilk,isforcedtoretirewhenhiscolleaguesdecreethatheisaracist.Thechargeisalie,buttherealtruthaboutSilkwouldhaveastonishedevenhismostvirulentaccuser.ColemanSilkhasasecret,onewhichhasbeenkeptforfiftyyearsfromhiswife,hisfourchildren,hiscolleagues,andhisfriends,includingthewriterNathanZuckerman.ItisZuckermanwhostumblesuponSilk'ssecretandsetsouttoreconstructtheunknownbiographyofthiseminent,uprightman,esteemedasaneducatorfornearlyallhislife,andtounderstandhowthisingeniouslycontrivedlifecameunraveled.AndtounderstandalsohowSilk'sastonishingprivatehistoryis,inthewordsofTheWallStreetJournal,"magnificently"interwovenwith"thelargerpublichistoryofmodernAmerica.",

作者简介

In1997PhilipRothwonthePulitzerPrizeforAmericanPastoral.In1998hereceivedtheNationalMedalofArtsattheWhiteHouseandin2002thehighestawardoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,theGoldMedalinFiction.HehastwicewontheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.HehaswonthePEN/FaulknerAwardthreetimes.In2005ThePlotAgainstAmericareceivedtheSocietyofAmericanHistorians’Prizefor“theoutstandinghistoricalnovelonanAmericanthemefor2003-2004.”RecentlyRothreceivedPEN’stwomostprestigiousawards:in2006thePEN/NabokovAwardandin2007thePEN/BellowAwardforachievementinAmericanfiction.RothistheonlylivingAmericannovelisttohavehisworkpublishedinacomprehensive,definitiveeditionbytheLibraryofAmerica.In2011hereceivedtheNationalHumanitiesMedalattheWhiteHouse,andwaslaternamedthefourthrecipientoftheManBookerInternationalPrize.,,

丛书

Vintage International

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