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2010 Jewish Book Awards: Cynthia Ozick

  • FICTION

    FOREIGN BODIES

    NOV. 1, 2010

FICTION

FOREIGN BODIES

by Cynthia Ozick

This is superb, dazzling fiction. Ozick richly observes and lovingly crafts each character, and every sentence is a tribute... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    DICTATION

    APRIL 16, 2008

FICTION

DICTATION

by Cynthia Ozick

Playful, teasing, provocative fare from this most accomplished of ironists. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THE DIN IN THE HEAD

    JUNE 2, 2006

  • FICTION

    HEIR TO THE GLIMMERING WORLD

    SEPT. 1, 2004

FICTION

HEIR TO THE GLIMMERING WORLD

by Cynthia Ozick

Perhaps the fullest fictional treatment yet of the European intellectual’s flight from Hitler’s Germany—to safety, and,... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    QUARREL AND QUANDARY

    SEPT. 13, 2000

NONFICTION

QUARREL AND QUANDARY

by Cynthia Ozick

Ozick is perceptive as usual, but these often seem like old war-horses revisiting familiar battlefields. Full review >

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