Zuckerman Bound

First edition
(publ. Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Zuckerman Bound is a trilogy of novels by Philip Roth, originally published in 1985.

Plot

Each of the books follows the struggles and writing career of Roth's novelist alter ego Nathan Zuckerman.

Contents

The bound trilogy consists of:

• The Ghost Writer (1979)
• Zuckerman Unbound (1981)
• The Anatomy Lesson (1983)

And an epilogue:

• The Prague Orgy (1985)

Reception

Zuckerman Bound met with great acclaim upon publication. In The New York Times Book Review critic Harold Bloom wrote "'Zuckerman Bound' merits something reasonably close to the highest level of esthetic praise for tragicomedy, partly because as a formal totality it becomes much more than the sum of its parts."^[1]

Different editions

The Library of America edition, Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy & Epilogue 1979–1985, also includes a previously unpublished television screenplay for The Prague Orgy.

External links

• Harold Bloom on Zuckerman Bound

References

1. Harold Bloom, "His Long Ordeal By Laughter," The New York Times Book Review, May 19, 1985.