by Martin Amis · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433911926
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Time's Arrow is a novel by British author Martin Amis, published in 1991. The story is told in reverse, beginning with the protagonist's death and going back through his life to his birth. The protagonist is a doctor named Tod T. Friendly who lives in the United States and has a dark past in Nazi Germany. As the story progresses backwards, it is revealed that Friendly is actually a Nazi war criminal who has been living under a false identity. The novel explores themes such as memory, identity, guilt and responsibility.
Sir Martin Louis Amis was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize. Amis was a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing from 2007 until 2011. In 2008, The Times named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
