Zuckerman Unbound

by Philip Roth Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Overview

Now in his mid-thirties, Nathan Zuckerman, a would-be recluse despite his newfound fame as a bestselling author, ventures onto the streets of Manhattan in the final year of the turbulent sixties. Not only is he assumed by his fans to be his own fictional satyr, Gilbert Carnovsky (“Hey, you do all that stuff in that book?”), he also finds himself the target of admonishers, advisors, and sidewalk literary critics. The recent murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. lead an unsettled Zuckerman to wonder if “target” may be more than a figure of speech.

In Zuckerman Unbound, the second volume in a trilogy, the notorious novelist Nathan Zuckerman retreats from his oldest friends, breaks his marriage to a virtuous woman, and damages his affectionate connection to his younger brother-all because of his recent good fortune.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Both these novels follow protagonist Nathan Zuckerman through different times in his lifeGhost Writer, dubbed a "glowing work of fiction" by LJ's reviewer (LJ 9/1/79), introduced the character in his youth, while 1981's Unbound offers him in his mid-30s. Roth's many fans will be happy to see these again.

From the Publisher

"It was bold of Roth to write a novel about being famous...a comic stroll in a hall of mirrors." —Newsweek

"[Roth's] narrative hand is wonderfully sure, his comic timing worthy of the Ritz Brothers.... Not since Henry MIller has anyone learned to be as funny and compassionate and brutal and plaintive in the space of a paragraph." —Village Voice

"Zuckerman Unbound is masterful, sure in every touch, as clear and economical of line as a crystal vase." —The New York TImes Book Review

Newsweek

It was bold of Roth to write a novel about being famous…A comic stroll in a hall of mirrors.”

New York TImes Book Review

Zuckerman Unbound is masterful, sure in every touch, as clear and economical of line as a crystal vase.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169916676
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	06/28/2016
Series:	Zuckerman , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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