false 2217400 2 Four stories of comedy, deception, and revenge, including one previously unpublished, from the acclaimed author of Heir to the Glimmering World.<BR><BR>Cynthia Ozick's new work of fiction brings together four long stories, including the novella-length "Dictation," that showcase this incomparable writer's sly humor and piercing insight into the human heart. Each starts in the comic mode, with heroes who suffer from willful self-deceit. These not-so-innocents proceed from self-deception to deceiving others, who do not take it lightly. Revenge is the consequence—and for the reader, a delicious, if dark, recognition of emotional truth.<BR><BR>The glorious new novella "Dictation" imagines a fateful meeting between the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad at the peak of their fame. Timid Miss Hallowes, who types for Conrad, comes under the influence of James's Miss Bosanquet, high-spirited, flirtatious, and scheming. In a masterstroke of genius, Ozick hatches a plot between them to insert themselves into posterity.<BR><BR>Ozick is at her most devious, delightful best in these four works, illuminating the ease with which comedy can glide into calamity. 2223190 18 3 2008 Dictation: A Quartet total:102|5:9|4:32|3:40|2:14|1:7| 102 328 216 39 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 10:18:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 16:42:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 16 13:57:56 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:09:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 17 20:30:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 22:34:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:03:32 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:08:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun May 25 07:01:16 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 08:33:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 13:57:47 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 13:59:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 22:42:44 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 13:17:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 16:43:39 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 07:58:57 -0800 2008 The Puttermesser Papers I have been looking forward to reading something more by Cynthia Ozick; so when I saw this short story collection of four long stories I was eager to get to it. While I was not wholly disappointed, I also did not finish the book with a complete sense of satisfa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 22 09:36:03 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:36:03 -0700 2009 read more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 06:58:09 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 07:07:10 -0700 2008
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Ozick really has a gift for capturing place - the Catskill bungalow, the London tearoom, the Italian country road, the musty apartment ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2217400