EBOOK Zone of Interest
Opis
A novel
Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn&'t show you your reflection. It showed you your soulit showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn&'t look at it without turning away. The king couldn&'t look at it. The courtiers couldn&'t look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other&'s eye, after we have seen who we really are? Powered by both wit and compassion, and in characteristically vivid prose, Martin Amis&'s unforgettable new novel excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul.From the Hardcover edition.
Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn&'t show you your reflection. It showed you your soulit showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn&'t look at it without turning away. The king couldn&'t look at it. The courtiers couldn&'t look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other&'s eye, after we have seen who we really are? Powered by both wit and compassion, and in characteristically vivid prose, Martin Amis&'s unforgettable new novel excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul.From the Hardcover edition.