{"product_id":"the-zone-of-interest-9780804172899","title":"The Zone of Interest","description":"\u003cb\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. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804172899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2015 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Martin Amis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935535206581,"sku":"9780804172899","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6ab18818-015b-4227-8614-291dbb281de6.jpg?v=1688488852","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-zone-of-interest-9780804172899","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}