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The Ghost Writer
Philip Roth
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Description for The Ghost Writer
paperback. When young writer Nathan Zuckerman makes his pilgrimage to sit at the feet of his hero, the reclusive master of American Literature, E I Lonoff, he soon finds himself enmeshed in the great Jewish writer's domestic life. As he sits in conversation with his idol, a glimpse of a dark-haired beauty through a closing doorway leaves him reeling. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
When talented young writer Nathan Zuckerman makes his pilgrimage to sit at the feet of his hero, the reclusive master of American Literature, E. I. Lonoff, he soon finds himself enmeshed in the great Jewish writer's domestic life, with all its complexity, artifice and drive for artistic truth.
As Nathan sits in breathlessly awkward conversation with his idol, a glimpse of a dark-haired beauty through a closing doorway leaves him reeling. He soon learns that the entrancing vision is Amy Bellette, but her position in the Lonoff household - student? mistress? - remains tantalisingly unclear. Over a disturbed and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099477570
SKU
9780099477570
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About Philip Roth
Philip Roth was born in Newark, New Jersey on 19 March 1933. The second child of second-generation Americans, Bess and Herman Roth, Roth grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighbourhood he was to return to time and again in his writing. After graduating from Weequahic High School in 1950, he attended Bucknell University, Pennsylvania and the ... Read more
Reviews for The Ghost Writer
Roth's best novel yet
London Review of Books
I had only to read the two opening sentences to realize that I was once again in the hands of a superbly endowed storyteller
New York Review of Books
Further evidence that Roth can do practically anything with fiction. His narrative power - the ability to delight the ... Read more
London Review of Books
I had only to read the two opening sentences to realize that I was once again in the hands of a superbly endowed storyteller
New York Review of Books
Further evidence that Roth can do practically anything with fiction. His narrative power - the ability to delight the ... Read more