Description
In this audacious and unsettling novel, Martin Amis presents a narrative told in reverse chronological order, following a man living an ordinary life in suburban America who harbors a devastating secret from his past. As the story unfolds backward through time, the protagonist's true identity and horrific role during the Holocaust gradually emerges, forcing readers to confront the banality of evil and the possibility of redemption. Through this innovative narrative structure, Amis explores profound questions about memory, morality, and the human capacity for both cruelty and forgetting. The novel stands as a provocative meditation on how history shapes individual lives and the moral reckoning that comes when the past refuses to remain buried. With his characteristic wit and linguistic precision, Amis crafts a deeply challenging work that interrogates our understanding of guilt, complicity, and the nature of time itself.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Sep 29, 1992
180 pages
ISBN: 9780679735720
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Details
First Published
1992
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Time's Arrow by Martin Amis.