The Ghost Writer
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of American literary fiction, The Ghost Writer introduces Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Roth's celebrated alter ego, as a young and ambitious writer who seeks the mentorship of the reclusive literary giant E. I. Lonoff in the New England countryside. The novel chronicles a single, charged winter evening in which Nathan becomes entangled in the mysteries of Lonoff's household, particularly the presence of a beautiful and enigmatic young woman named Amy Bellette. With razor-sharp wit and psychological intensity, Roth uncovers the tensions between artistic ambition, Jewish identity, and the moral responsibilities of the writer. The narrative takes a daring imaginative turn when Nathan constructs a fantasy in which Amy Bellette is none other than Anne Frank, survived and living in secret — a provocation that forces a reckoning with history, guilt, and the power of storytelling itself. Compact yet profound, this first installment of the Zuckerman trilogy stands as one of Roth's most elegant and intellectually daring achievements.
Author: Philip Roth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of American literary fiction, The Ghost Writer introduces Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Roth's celebrated alter ego, as a young and ambitious writer who seeks the mentorship of the reclusive literary giant E. I. Lonoff in the New England countryside. The novel chronicles a single, charged winter evening in which Nathan becomes entangled in the mysteries of Lonoff's household, particularly the presence of a beautiful and enigmatic young woman named Amy Bellette. With razor-sharp wit and psychological intensity, Roth uncovers the tensions between artistic ambition, Jewish identity, and the moral responsibilities of the writer. The narrative takes a daring imaginative turn when Nathan constructs a fantasy in which Amy Bellette is none other than Anne Frank, survived and living in secret — a provocation that forces a reckoning with history, guilt, and the power of storytelling itself. Compact yet profound, this first installment of the Zuckerman trilogy stands as one of Roth's most elegant and intellectually daring achievements.