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Jun 18, 2020 · Fearless and original, The Zone Interest is a violently dark love story set against a backdrop of unadulterated evil, and a vivid journey into the depths and contradictions of the human soul"--Back cover
The Zone of Interest is the fourteenth novel by the English author Martin Amis, published in 2014. Set in Auschwitz, it tells the story of a Nazi officer who has become enamoured of the camp commandant's wife. The story is conveyed by three narrators: Angelus Thomsen, the officer; Paul Doll, the commandant; and Szmul Zacharias, a Jewish ...
Sep 30, 2014 · With The Zone of Interest Amis returns to the theme of the Holocaust, albeit in a very different way. The Zone of Interest is set in Nazi Germany in 1942, and describes the Holocaust from the point of view of the Germans. The novel has three different narrators, and each offers his perspective on the events - Paul Doll, an alcoholic and ...
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Jul 7, 2015 · The Zone of Interest. Martin Amis. National Geographic Books, Jul 7, 2015 - Fiction - 320 pages. From one of England's most renowned authors, a critically acclaimed and 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 ...
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Martin Amis first tackled the Holocaust in 1991 with his bestselling novel Time's Arrow. He returns again to the Shoah with this astonishing portrayal of life in "the zone of interest," or "kat zet" — the Nazis' euphemism for Auschwitz. The narrative rotates among three main characters: Paul Doll, the crass, drunken camp commandant; Thomsen ...
Sep 30, 2014 · FictionLiteratureHistorical Fiction. The Zone of Interest. NOW AN ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From one of the most virtuosic authors in the English language: a powerful novel, written with urgency and moral force, that explores life—and love—among the Nazi ...
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Books. The Zone of Interest. Martin Amis. Jonathan Cape, 2014 - Fiction - 310 pages. Shortlisted for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize. 'Surely his masterpiece... Intelligent, terrifying and comic... Amis has tackled the biggest questions with imagination and intelligence, and the ultimate strength of this masterly novel is that he knows, and shows ...
