The zone of interest

By Martin Amis

Subjects: Young women, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, historical, FICTION / Literary, Fiction, historical, general, FICTION / Historical, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), fiction, Young women, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Auschwitz (Concentration camp), British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Concentration camp inmates

Description: "From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. 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 soul-it 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? In a novel powered by both wit and pathos, Martin Amis excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul"--