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dukegregory 's review for:
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth
I love Philip Roth.
Everyone should read this. It's a humorously eloquent consideration of the puritanical nature of academia and unnuanced progressivism masquerading as nuanced. Such rich characterization. So much internal layering. So much about teaching, about parenthood, about history, about freedom, about careerism, about language, about secrets, about identity, about blah blah blah. So good. I never wanted to stop reading it. It made me laugh. It had actual twists I was not expecting. Faunia Farley and Delphine Roux are such complex women. I continue to not totally understand the people that read Roth and find his work to be mired in the sexist. He writes about the male libido with painful crassness, but always, in the books I've read of his, takes the time to create women with complete and challenging consciousnesses.
Ending is such a cherry on top.
Love.
Everyone should read this. It's a humorously eloquent consideration of the puritanical nature of academia and unnuanced progressivism masquerading as nuanced. Such rich characterization. So much internal layering. So much about teaching, about parenthood, about history, about freedom, about careerism, about language, about secrets, about identity, about blah blah blah. So good. I never wanted to stop reading it. It made me laugh. It had actual twists I was not expecting. Faunia Farley and Delphine Roux are such complex women. I continue to not totally understand the people that read Roth and find his work to be mired in the sexist. He writes about the male libido with painful crassness, but always, in the books I've read of his, takes the time to create women with complete and challenging consciousnesses.
Ending is such a cherry on top.
Love.