{"product_id":"the-zone-of-interest-paperback","title":"The Zone of Interest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Amis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eFrom one the most virtuosic authors in the English language: a powerful novel, written with urgency and moral force, that explores life\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand love--among the Nazi bureaucrats of Auschwitz.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece.... Profound, powerful and morally urgent.... A benchmark for what serious literature can achieve.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Martin Amis first tackled the Holocaust in 1991 with his bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eTime's Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e. He returns again to the Shoah with this astonishing portrayal of life in \"the zone of interest,\" or \"kat zet\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe Nazis' euphemism for Auschwitz. The narrative rotates among three main characters: Paul Doll, the crass, drunken camp commandant; Thomsen, nephew of Hitler's private secretary, in love with Doll's wife; and Szmul, one of the Jewish prisoners charged with disposing of the bodies. Through these three narrative threads, Amis summons a searing, profound, darkly funny portrait of the most infamous place in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn epilogue by the author elucidates Amis's reasons and method for undertaking this extraordinary project.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARTIN AMIS\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of 15 novels--among them \u003ci\u003eZone of Interest, London Fields, Time's Arrow, The Information, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Night Train\u003c\/i\u003e--along with the memoir \u003ci\u003eExperience, \u003c\/i\u003e the novelized self-portrait \u003ci\u003eInside Story\u003c\/i\u003e, two collections of stories, and seven nonfiction books. He died in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752383316256,"sku":"9780804172899","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9e511fbac3b13c99f65977f6c3f8f188.webp?v=1779994417","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-zone-of-interest-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}