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My Life as a Man

Nathan Zuckerman Book 1

Book 1 of the Nathan Zuckerman series.This novel introduces the character of Nathan Zuckerman within the fiction of another writer, Peter Tarnopol. It explores the disastrous marriage of a young novelist and his attempts to transform his personal suffering into art.

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Published 1974
Part of the Nathan Zuckerman series as book 1.

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This novel introduces the character of Nathan Zuckerman within the fiction of another writer, Peter Tarnopol. It explores the disastrous marriage of a young novelist and his attempts to transform his personal suffering into art.

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My Life as a Man was published in 1974.