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habeasopus's review against another edition
4.0
Phillip Roth deserves his place as one of the best American writers of all time. This collection of mid-later work is far less playful but more polished than Portnoy’s Complaint or The Breast, both of which are outstanding. The Human Stain is my favorite of the three. I have rarely read a scene more humorous, dramatic, and insightful than that of Delphine Roux’s ill fated attempt to compose a personal ad. This is Roth at his finest.
One habit irks me though. I really don’t care for the device of the first person authorial narrator. I have not read the Zuckerman novels, so perhaps that would lend a greater appreciation. As of now though, it just seems a little weak.
One habit irks me though. I really don’t care for the device of the first person authorial narrator. I have not read the Zuckerman novels, so perhaps that would lend a greater appreciation. As of now though, it just seems a little weak.
darby3's review against another edition
5.0
I blogged a bit here: http://tdaoc.org/2018/01/14/2018-002-the-human-stain-philip-roth/
darwin8u's review
5.0
“Writing turns you into somebody who's always wrong. The illusion that you may get it right someday is the perversity that draws you on.”
― Philip Roth, American Pastoral
Volume 7: The American Trilogy 1997–2000 or Library of America's N° 220 is perhaps the most perfect book in the Complete Philip Roth Collection (nine volumes). It contains the following three novels:
1. American Pastoral (read Jun 3, 2011)
2. I Married a Communist (read Apr 7, 2011)
3. The Human Stain (read May 6, 2013)
― Philip Roth, American Pastoral
Volume 7: The American Trilogy 1997–2000 or Library of America's N° 220 is perhaps the most perfect book in the Complete Philip Roth Collection (nine volumes). It contains the following three novels:
1. American Pastoral (read Jun 3, 2011)
2. I Married a Communist (read Apr 7, 2011)
3. The Human Stain (read May 6, 2013)
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