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The Human Stain

by Philip Roth

2000 · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
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In 1990's America, the Human Stain is the story told by Nathan Zuckerman, a writer who lives a secluded life until the aging classics professor Coleman Silk becomes his new neighbor.

Set in

  • ★
    Berkshire Hills · United States
    fictional Berkshires campus setting
    ★ primary

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