The Ghost Writer
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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 Berkshire hills of New England. The novel chronicles a single, charged winter evening during which Nathan becomes enthralled by Lonoff's mysterious young muse, Amy Bellette, and constructs an elaborate, obsessive fantasy that she may in fact be Anne Frank — alive, in hiding, and reborn as an artist. Written with Roth's signature blend of wit, psychological intensity, and moral seriousness, the narrative argues that art and identity are inextricably bound, and that the act of writing is itself a form of self-invention and self-betrayal. The novella also presents a sharp meditation on Jewish-American identity, the weight of cultural expectation, and the fraught relationship between a writer's life and his work. Compact yet profound, it stands as one of Roth's most elegant and enduring achievements.
Author: Philip Roth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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 Berkshire hills of New England. The novel chronicles a single, charged winter evening during which Nathan becomes enthralled by Lonoff's mysterious young muse, Amy Bellette, and constructs an elaborate, obsessive fantasy that she may in fact be Anne Frank — alive, in hiding, and reborn as an artist. Written with Roth's signature blend of wit, psychological intensity, and moral seriousness, the narrative argues that art and identity are inextricably bound, and that the act of writing is itself a form of self-invention and self-betrayal. The novella also presents a sharp meditation on Jewish-American identity, the weight of cultural expectation, and the fraught relationship between a writer's life and his work. Compact yet profound, it stands as one of Roth's most elegant and enduring achievements.