{"product_id":"the-ghost-writer-a-novel-isbn-9780063499690","title":"The Ghost Writer: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Further evidence that Roth can do practically anything with fiction. His narrative power—the ability to delight the reader simultaneously with the telling and the tale—is superb.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first of Philip Roth's novels narrated by the iconic Nathan Zuckerman, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Writer \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the precarious balance between literature and life when the budding writer becomes infatuated with an enigmatic woman—and the possibilities of her murky past—at the home of his literary idol.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan Zuckerman is a young writer with great talent but also great shame, having been accused by his own parents of writing a treacherous and antisemitic story. Zuckerman is doubly grateful when he receives an invitation to the Berkshires, both because he can escape his parents, and because the solicitation is from his literary idol, the withdrawn genius E.I. Lonoff. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lonoff's secluded home in the mountains, Zuckerman is introduced to the writer's wife, Hope. He also catches a glimpse of Amy Bellette, a dark-haired beauty whose relationship with their host is unclear. Over a disturbed and confusing dinner, Zuckerman picks up on shreds of Amy's haunting past and witnesses the glaring disintegration of Lonoff's marriage. That night, as Zuckerman speculates more about Amy, her past, and his own future, his active imagination begins to connect the disparate dots. Amy might be disguising an identity more famous than she lets on, one that could change history and redeem him forever. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Further evidence that Roth can do practically anything with fiction. His narrative power—the ability to delight the reader simultaneously with the telling and the tale—is superb.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Remarkable ... One of Philip Roth's best short fictions.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Roth’s most controlled and elegant work … serious, intelligent, dramatic, acutely vivid, slyly and wickedly funny … seductive far beyond its brief efficiency.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588056985829,"sku":"NP9780063499690","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ghost-writer-a-novel-isbn-9780063499690","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}