The Ghost Writer
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
The first novel in Roth's Zuckerman Bound trilogy, The Ghost Writer introduces Nathan Zuckerman in the 1950s, a budding writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovering the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E.I. Lonoff. At Lonoff's, Zuckerman meets Amy Bellette, a haunting young woman of indeterminate foreign background who turns out to be a former student of Lonoff's and who may also have been his mistress. Zuckerman, with his active, youthful imagination, wonders if she could be the paradigmatic victim of Nazi persecution. If she were, it might change his life. --From publisher description.
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Cleansed my soul of average dystopian YA novels with a proper literary read. Engaging and beautifully written...short as well!
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Series
9 primary books10 released booksComplete Nathan Zuckerman is a 10-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1974 with contributions by Philip Roth and Vincenzo Mantovani.
Series
4 primary booksZuckerman Bound is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Philip Roth and Ramón Buenaventura.
