Terug Terug

W&N Essentials- Collected Stories

Name: W&N Essentials- Collected Stories
Author: Cynthia Ozick

Auteur: Cynthia Ozick

Taal: Engels

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

Vergelijk met andere artikelen

Bekijk nu

Auteur: Cynthia Ozick

Engels
Paperback
9781474624046
15 april 2021
496 pagina's

Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Masterly collection of short stories by an American novelist at the height of her powers

Masterly collection of short stories by an American novelist at the height of her powers

It is the stories upon which Cynthia Ozick's literary reputation rests. She writes about bitterness, cruelty and compulsion with brutal acuity and tenderness. She has created a timeless collection in which Greek mythology, superstition and the religious and cultural experience of the Jewish diaspora in America collide. The Pagan Rabbi is seduced by a tree sprite after seeing his daughter rescued from drowning by a water sprite. Such ecstasy is not permitted to mortals and so the scholar must die. He hangs himself with his prayer shawl as he watches the strangely beautiful nymph decay.
In Envy, a Yiddish poet who watches the success of a contemporary, becomes very like a character in an I.B. Singer story entrapped by his anguish and haunted by the memory of a child. In the Doctor's Wife, the most gentle of the stories, a poor doctor not unlike Chekhov endures family life in which he is adored by his three sisters and oppressed by his family obligations.

In these stories, we see Ozick defining herself and her literary territory. The stories may be read purely as evocations of Jewish experience, where time seems to have by-passed these characters. In the Butterfly and the Traffic Light, Jerusalem is seen upon a hill as only it can be in legend, and America is said not to have cities scarred by battles. This is a dazzling collection of short stories by an internationally celebrated novelist.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 april 2021
Aantal pagina's: 496

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur: Cynthia Ozick
Hoofduitgeverij: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Overige kenmerken

Product breedte: 126 mm
Product hoogte: 36 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 126 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 36 mm
Verpakking lengte: 198 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 340 g

EAN

EAN: 9781474624046

Je vindt dit artikel in

Categorieën: Literatuur & Romans

Boeken
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Studieboek of algemeen: Algemene boeken

Reviews

Nog geen reviews

Hoe controleren en plaatsen wij reviews? Hoe controleren en plaatsen wij reviews?

Negatief, positief, neutraal: we zetten een review altijd online. We controleren wel eerst of ’ie voldoet aan onze reviewvoorwaarden en niet nep is. We controleren ook of ’ie is geschreven door iemand die het artikel heeft gekocht via bol.com en zetten dit er dan bij. De controles gebeuren automatisch, al kijken er soms mensen mee. Bol.com betaalt niet voor reviews. Als een reviewer door een andere partij is vergoed, staat dit in de review zelf.