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Title: Zuckerman Unbound

Subtitle: The Nathan Zuckerman Series, Book 2

Author: Philip Roth

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Now in his mid-thirties, Nathan Zuckerman, a would-be recluse despite his newfound fame as a best-selling author, ventures onto the streets of Manhattan in the final year of the turbulent 60s. 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.

Members Reviews:

Instruction Manual for Writers

You canât go wrong with Philip Roth. His writing is always authentic and engaging, if a little preoccupied with sex. In Zuckerman Unbound, he has some fun with the relationship of author Zuckerman to his fictional protagonist, Carnovsky, mirroring Rothâs relationship to his own protagonists. Other reviewers have commented on this, including fictional ones in the book.

Not to be overlooked is Rothâs handy guide for aspiring writers. If youâre planning to be a writer, you might want to study Zuckerman and work habits. He has read fifty yards of books, and he tells us his favorites. One is Thomas Wolfe, obviously relevant to the censure over Carnovsky.

Hints about Zuckermanâs output are sprinkled throughout the trilogy. He writes for six hours a day, producing three or four pages. This is in the morning, when his energy is fresh. He prefers sex at âher place,â because itâs easier to disengage and get back to his desk. After writing, he takes a long walk and then reads for another three hours.

I recommend all three books but, if you read only one, Zuckerman Unbound (the second one) is best. It starts with Carnovsky, and it has a proper dramatic ending. The Ghost Writer is more of a prologue. If you tire of the Jewish guilt theme, try American Pastoral instead. As the title suggests, it is more mainstream, with Zuckerman narrating someone elseâs life.

1969 New York City is the backdrop for this fascinating glimpse of an author running from his creation without a place to stop.

Philip Rothâs ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND is the second Zuckerman novel, published in 1981, that followed the novel THE GHOST WRITER. There are quite a few parallels between Roth and Zuckerman. The novel opens with Zuckerman publishing a literary sensation called CARNOVSKY, which was a coming-of-age novel full of sex and Jewishness, similar to Rothâs PORTNOYâS COMPLAINT, a novel that was hinted at in THE GHOST WRITER and the cause of tension between Zuckerman and his father, who felt the work gave ammunition to anti-Semitics who would see Jewish stereotypes in the work. In UNBOUND we see Zuckermanâs uncomfortable run-ins with fans that see too much in his novel, including one Alvin Pepler who seems directly based on Herb Stempel from the 1950s quiz show scandals. 1969 New York City is the backdrop for this fascinating glimpse of an author running from his creation without a place to stop.

Tired of Philip Roth. Read a lot of his ...

Tired of Philip Roth.