Philip Roth
Author
Description
Während Amerika sich scheinheilig über die Lewinsky-Affäre echauffiert und Bill Clinton die Amtsenthebung droht, wird in einer Kleinstadt der Universitätsprofessor Coleman Silk durch Intrigen zum Rücktritt gezwungen. Rassismus lautet der Vorwurf. Silk verliert alles - seine Arbeit, seine Frau und schließlich sein Leben. Erst nach dem Tod des Altphilologen kommt sein unglaubliches Geheimnis ans Licht. Für "Der menschliche Makel" erhielt Philip...
5) Elegy
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A renowned college professor, known for his romantic escapades, becomes involved in a possessive, passionate relationship with Consuela, a young student.
6) Indignation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Korean War in 1951, the storyline focuses on a bright and promising young man from a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, who gets a scholarship to attend a small college in Ohio and thus avoids being drafted, but whose ethical principles and nonconformism set him to clash with the people around him and, most importantly, with the dean of the college.