Time's Arrow (novel)

Time's Arrow is a novel by Martin Amis that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991. The book recounts the life of a German Holocaust doctor in reverse chronology.

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Martin Amis - Booker Prize - 1991 - German - Holocaust - Doctor - Chronology

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The book was controversial because it portrays the life of a doctor who tortured and murdered Jews, but in reverse order. So while at a concentration camp, he returns the dead to life and heals the sick, rather than the opposite. The broader image presented is that all those that died in the Holocaust are revived, returned to their homes and so on.

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Controversial - Torture - Murder - Jew - Concentration camp - Dead

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