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Time's Arrow

by Martin Amis

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ISBN13: 9780679735724
ISBN10: 0679735720
Condition: Standard
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Awards

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

Staff Pick

A stunning structural inversion turns the Holocaust into a German crusade to restore the Jewish faith.
Recommended by Dave, Powells.com

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense.

Review:

"The narrative moves with irresistible momentum.... [Amis is] a daring, exacting writer willing to defy the odds in pursuit of his art." Newsday

Review:

"Remarkable...Amis is a writer of wit...a book rich in poignancy and savage indignation." The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"A devastating specific portrait of the Nazis' warped mentality...a virtousic...performance." The New York Times

Review:

"Splendid...bold...Time's Arrow is Martin Amis's most thrilling book...gripping from start to finish." Lost Angeles Times Book Review

Review:

"Prodigious cleverness...a brilliant book." Vogue

Review:

"Audacious, utterly poised and almost moving...the book's devastatingly sustained black irony stands comparison with Swift's A Modest Proposal. It is...Amis's finest achievement to date." Financial Times

About the Author

Martin Amis is the best-selling author of several books, including London Fields, Money, The Information, and, most recently, Experience. He lives in London.

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nlubick, January 24, 2009 (view all comments by nlubick)
This narrative is clever and very disturbing -- make sure you have someone who has read it nearby to discuss it with after you have finished. It made me want to find some history books to figure out some of Amis's sources.
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Bet, July 3, 2006 (view all comments by Bet)
Wow. What an amazing piece of storytelling. Read it. Read it right now.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780679735724
Author:
Amis, Martin
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Fantastic fiction
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
Subject:
British and irish
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
German americans
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish
Subject:
Jewish fiction.
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Edition Description:
Vintage Intl
Series Volume:
v. 10, no. 1
Publication Date:
September 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8.14x5.15x.52 in. .41 lbs.

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