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  1. Martin Amis ' The Zone of Interest is set in Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration and extermination camp which killed many Jewish people during the height of World War II. The novel is told from the perspective of three separate characters (Angelus Thomsen, Paul Doll, and Szmul Zacharias), each of whom is affected by the Nazi war machine ...

  2. The Zone of Interest Questions and Answers. The Question and Answer sections of our study guides are a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss literature. Home The Zone of Interest Q & A. Ask a question and get answers from your fellow students and educators. Ask a Question.

  3. Sep 30, 2014 · Book Summary. Powered by both wit and compassion, and in characteristically vivid prose, Martin Amis's unforgettable new novel excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul. 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.

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  4. Jan 29, 2015 · The Zone of Interest (2014) is Martin Amis ’s second novel to tackle the Holocaust. His first, Time’s Arrow, was experimental fiction, but here the story is rooted firmly in the grim reality of Auschwitz; weaving together the lives of a small handful of characters, the novel is a very human look at the day-to-day life of an extermination camp.

  5. How does The Zone of Interest explore the themes of dehumanization and humanity's capacity for evil? In The Zone of Interest, Amis explores dehumanization and humanity's capacity for evil, primarily through the character perspectives of Golo Thomsen and Commandant Paul Doll. By portraying the everyday lives and thoughts of these Nazi officers ...

  6. Oct 3, 2014 · A correction was made on. Oct. 19, 2014. : A review on Oct. 5 about “The Zone of Interest,” a novel by Martin Amis set in Auschwitz, misidentified the historical figure on whom one of the book ...

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  8. By focusing on a grim subject, the Holocaust, The Zone of Interest shines light on humanity's varied complexities. In 1991 Martin Amis' Booker Prize-nominated novel, Time's Arrow, garnered much praise for its reverse narrative where the protagonist, a German doctor, begins the novel as an old man living in America but travels back through time to Auschwitz where he assists in the torture and ...

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