Zuckerman Bound (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip Roth
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novels
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Art or artists, Jews or Jewish life, Creative process, Ethics, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans
- Locales: New York, NY
The Ghost Writer opens as young Nathan Zuckerman comes to visit the distinguished stylist E. I. Lonoff at his home in the Berkshires. Zuckerman is filled with admiration and awe for the older writer, with whom he enjoys discussing literature. He is struck, moreover, by the young woman, Amy Bellette, a former student of Lonoff, who is helping Lonoff assemble his papers for deposit in the Harvard library where she works. He is also struck by Lonoff's wife, Hope, the descendant of New England families different from Lonoff's Russian-Jewish heritage. At several points, she expresses...
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