Back Der menschliche Makel (Roman) German Το ανθρώπινο στίγμα Greek La mancha humana Spanish ننگ بشری Persian La Tache French הכתם האנושי HE La macchia umana Italian ადამიანური ლაქა (რომანი) Georgian The Human Stain Portuguese
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Philip Roth |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Michaela Sullivan |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | May 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 0-618-05945-8 |
| OCLC | 43109968 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3568.O855 H8 2000 |
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 (1998).[1] Zuckerman acts largely as an observer as the complex story of the protagonist, Coleman Silk, a retired professor of classics, is slowly revealed.
A national bestseller, The Human Stain was adapted in 2003 as a film by the same name directed by Robert Benton.
- ^ Taylor, Charles (April 24, 2000). "Life and life only". Salon. Retrieved September 9, 2012.