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Synopsis
In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense. "A novel that seems to have been written with the term 'tour de force' in mind ... Amis's radical rethinking of time ... brings the abomination of the Holocaust home to the jaded late-20th-century reader in a way that few conventional novels could". Village Voice Literary Supplement. "Splendid ... bold ... gripping from start to finish".--Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Time's Arrow: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This experimental novel features a protagonist whose life unfolds backward toward the Holocaust, exploring themes of complicity and moral culpability. Contains mature content including historical atrocity, sexual relationships, and psychological complexity requiring adult comprehension.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, moderate sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death, holocaust, and medical content (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers interested in challenging narrative experiments and historical reflection will find this provocative.