- Paperback: 179 pages
- Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (14 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0547237871
- ISBN-13: 978-0547237879
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 530,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 1901, Lamb House, Henry James's exurban domicile in Rye, was crowded with flowers. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 1901, Lamb House, Henry James's exurban domicile in Rye, was crowded with flowers. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Thank you, Ms. Ozick, for another stunning book
28 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
It's incredible! Every time a new book of Ozick's is published, I give thanks to the Muses for having provided her the necessary inspiration. As usual, her sentences are gorgeous and lyrical; the characters are funny and utterly compelling.
"Dictation" is the only story contained that has not been previously published. It begins with the master Henry James and an emerging Joseph Conrad. Her characterizations of each man, as well as of Conrad's wife, are hilarious. Soon, however, the story shifts to the writers' amanuenses. For fear of ruining any of the story's surprises - there are many! - I will only say that the story may motivate you to go out and re-read, or read for the first time, certain stories by James and Conrad. (Though of course that may be a foolish enterprise, considering the story's "punch line.")
Familiar themes of morality and art are present, but Ozick explores them in a way I didn't expect.
I highly recommend this book to lovers of contemporary literature.
"Dictation" is the only story contained that has not been previously published. It begins with the master Henry James and an emerging Joseph Conrad. Her characterizations of each man, as well as of Conrad's wife, are hilarious. Soon, however, the story shifts to the writers' amanuenses. For fear of ruining any of the story's surprises - there are many! - I will only say that the story may motivate you to go out and re-read, or read for the first time, certain stories by James and Conrad. (Though of course that may be a foolish enterprise, considering the story's "punch line.")
Familiar themes of morality and art are present, but Ozick explores them in a way I didn't expect.
I highly recommend this book to lovers of contemporary literature.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Like Water ...
5 Aug 2008
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How refreshing to read something written by someone with such a facility with language! The stories were wonderful. Highly recommended to me by my cousin -- and he was absolutely right!
One really great story, generally fine writing
31 Jan 2012
I have long loved Cynthia Ozick's writing--there are few writers that offer such pure pleasure from their sentences. But my response to this collection of four long stories is split: I adored the first story ("Dictation," about a hypothetical encounter between the typewriter/secretaries of Henry James and Joseph Conrad and their bid for an immortality of their own), admired the second ("Actors," about a "difficult" actor who gets rather too absorbed in his role), and found the next two eminently skimmable. So...recommended for "Dictation," which is really a remarkable work, satisfying on multiple levels.
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