Zuckerman Bound

Zuckerman Bound is a trilogy of novels by Philip Roth, originally published in 1985.

Not to be confused with the 2010 film The Ghost Writer, which was based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris.
Zuckerman Bound
First edition cover
AuthorPhilip Roth
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesZuckerman Bound
GenreNovel
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date
1985
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

Plot

Each of the books follows the struggles and writing career of Roth's novelist alter ego Nathan Zuckerman.

Contents

The bound trilogy consists of:

And an epilogue:

Reception

Zuckerman Bound met with great acclaim upon publication. In The New York Times Book Review critic Harold Bloom wrote "'Zuckerman Bound' merits something reasonably close to the highest level of esthetic praise for tragicomedy, partly because as a formal totality it becomes much more than the sum of its parts."[1]

Different editions

The Library of America edition, Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy & Epilogue 1979–1985, also includes a previously unpublished television screenplay for The Prague Orgy.

References
  1. Harold Bloom, "His Long Ordeal By Laughter," The New York Times Book Review, May 19, 1985.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.