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First United States Edition. |
Description |
306 pages ; 25 cm |
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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
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Concentration camp inmates -- Fiction.
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Young women -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Love stories.
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Psychological fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Subject |
FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
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FICTION / Historical.
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ISBN |
9780385353496 (hardback) |
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0385353499 (hardback) |
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9780804172899 (paperback) |
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0804172897 (paperback) |
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9780385353502 (ebook) |
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