Ghost Writer (The), 9, 11, 26, 34, 37–59, 46n31, 63–68, 70–71, 74, 77, 80, 99, 144, 214, 220, 235–237

“Femme Fatale” chapter“Femme Fatale” chapter, 46, 48–50

ghost-writing, 45, 47, 50, 180

Gilmore, Michael, 198

Glaser, Jennifer, 191, 204

Gooblar, David, 247

Goodheart, Eugene, 137

Grishakova, Marina, 120n73

Gusdorf, Georges, 122, 124

Hagenbüchle, Roland, 157

Harrison-Kahan, Lori, 200n151

Herman, David, 28n21, 29n23, 85n50, 153–154, 177n122

hyphenationSee also identityJewish-American; assimilation, 3, 114, 156

Hollinger, David, 112, 115, 157n103, 193n135

Human Stain (The), 1, 5, 12, 29, 117, 140, 165, 168, 169n115, 183–214, 224, 231

genesis of the book, 185–191, 207

order of presentation, 192–193, 197–198

Zuckerman’s subject in, 195n141, 196–198, 209

I Married a Communist, 5, 9, 12, 29, 113, 140, 163–182, 196–197, 221, 224, 227

Identity, 4, 6, 13, 21, 41, 44, 83, 90, 121, 123n74, 135, 146, 157, 237

and authenticity, 114

and geography, 89, 110

Identity (continued)

Coleman Silk’s, 12, 149, 190, 198–205

ethnic, 111, 158

Jewish American, 14, 112, 114

Jewish, 3, 114, 201

postethnic, 110n65, 114, 116, 158

Zuckerman’s, 4, 53, 62, 65, 68, 108, 212, 233

impersonation, art of, 2, 4, 21, 24, 36, 39, 42, 44–45, 76, 126, 130, 152

in The Anatomy Lesson, 89

in My Life as a Man, 38, 40

in The Human Stain, 191, 206

in Zuckerman Unbound, 78

See also art of fiction; distancing effects; masking; ventriloquism

impotence, 4, 141, 196, 218

inconsistenciesSee also instability; narrative coherence, 8, 10, 66, 227

Indignation, 26n19, 214n163

instability, 61, 106, 152, 235

Iser, Wolfgang, 52

Jaffe-Foger, Miriam, 6, 237

Jahn, Manfred, 6, 8, 33, 62, 67n42, 120n73

James, Henry, 46, 215n165, 237–238

Kafalenos, Emma, 74, 177, 178n123

Kakutani, Michiko, 181

Kaplan, Brett Ashley, 193

Kartiganer, Donald, 41, 44, 89, 92n56

Kauvar, Elaine, 140n88