Philip Roth
Author
Series
Zuckerman novels volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
22) Indignation
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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.
23) Elegy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born.
24) The Human Stain
Author
Language
English
Description
Coleman Silk has a secret. A terrible, fifty-year-old secret that the esteemed college professor has kept hidden from everyone - including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover – and it's about to ruin his entire life.