The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest - Paperback

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The Zone of Interest - Paperback

The Zone of Interest - Paperback

by Martin Amis
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Book Overview

by Martin Amis (Author)

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - From one the most virtuosic authors in the English language: a powerful novel, written with urgency and moral force, that explores life--and love--among the Nazi bureaucrats of Auschwitz.

"A masterpiece.... Profound, powerful and morally urgent.... A benchmark for what serious literature can achieve." --San Francisco Chronicle

Martin Amis first tackled the Holocaust in 1991 with his bestselling novel Time's Arrow. He returns again to the Shoah with this astonishing portrayal of life in "the zone of interest," or "kat zet"--the Nazis' euphemism for Auschwitz. The narrative rotates among three main characters: Paul Doll, the crass, drunken camp commandant; Thomsen, nephew of Hitler's private secretary, in love with Doll's wife; and Szmul, one of the Jewish prisoners charged with disposing of the bodies. Through these three narrative threads, Amis summons a searing, profound, darkly funny portrait of the most infamous place in history.

An epilogue by the author elucidates Amis's reasons and method for undertaking this extraordinary project.

Author Biography

MARTIN AMIS is the author of 15 novels--among them Zone of Interest, London Fields, Time's Arrow, The Information, and Night Train--along with the memoir Experience, the novelized self-portrait Inside Story, two collections of stories, and seven nonfiction books. He died in 2023.

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: July 07, 2015
ISBN9780804172899
Author Martin Amis
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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