The Ghost Writer Book Philip Roth. The ghost writer introduces nathan zuckerman in the 1950s, a budding writer infatuated with the great books, discovering the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded new england farmhouse of his idol, e. The ghost writer introduces nathan zuckerman in the 1950s, a budding writer infatuated with the great books, discovering the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded new england farmhouse of his idol, e.
The book has been awarded with pulitzer prize nominee for fiction. Roth found the virtually perfect balance for the themes that have long obsessed him, most notably the tension between being a loyal jewish son, in. The novel tells the story of nathan zuckerman, a young writer at the beginning of his career who has sought out e.i.
My favourite writer is philip roth.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1979, and was written by philip roth. The ghost writer is the eleventh novel by acclaimed writer philip roth. We were both born in newark, new jersey, both jewish, both fell in love with shiksas. In 2012, after more than five decades of writing and 31 books, roth had announced that nemesis.