An ex-circus strongman, veteran of Warsaw, 1939, and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and 'Einsteinian' destiny; maximum boredom and minimum love-making are advised in a 2020 epidemic; a virulent new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a 'father of the nuclear age'; evolution takes a rebarbative turn in a Kafkaesque love story; and the history of the earth is frankly discussed by one who has witnessed it all.
The stories in this collection form a unity and reveal a deep preoccupation: '"Einstein's Monsters" refers to nuclear weapons but also to ourselves,' writes Amis in his enlightening introductory essay, 'We are Einstein's monsters: not fully human, not for now.'
| ISBN: | 9780099768913 |
| Publication date: | 3rd June 1999 |
| Author: | Martin Amis |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Genres: |
Shorter Reads Modern and Contemporary Fiction |