The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick
With dashing originality and in prose that sings like an entire choir of sirens, Cynthia Ozick relates the life and times of her most compelling fictional creation. Ruth Puttermesser lives in New York City. Her learning is monumental. Her love life is minimal (she prefers poring through Plato to romping with married Morris Rappoport). And her fantasies have a disconcerting tendency to come true - with disastrous consequences for what we laughably call 'reality'. Puttermesser yearns for a daughter and promptly creates one, unassisted, in the form of the first recorded female golem. Labouring in the dusty crevices of the civil service, she dreams of reforming the city - and manages to get herself elected mayor. Puttermesser contemplates the afterlife and is hurtled into it headlong, only to discover that paradise found is paradise lost. Overflowing with ideas, lambent with wit, THE PUTTERMESSER PAPERS is a tour de force by one of America's most visionary novelists.
Cynthia Ozick's books inlcude What Henry James Knew, Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Character and The Shawl. Her essays, novels and short stories have won numerous prizes and awards, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters Straus Living Award, four O. Henry First Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives near New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224059985 |
| ISBN 10 | 022405998X |
| Title | The Puttermesser Papers |
| Author | Cynthia Ozick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1999-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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