The zone of interest : a novel /
"From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn'...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2014.
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| Edition: | First United States edition. |
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| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | "From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. It showed you your soul-it showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn't look at it without turning away. The king couldn't look at it. The courtiers couldn't look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other's eye, after we have seen who we really are? In a novel powered by both wit and pathos, Martin Amis excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape"--Title-page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 306 pages : photographs ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780385353496 (hardback) : 0385353499 (hardback) |