"An absorbing achievement ... A nimble, entertaining literary
homage, but it is also, chillingly, what James would have called
'the real thing.'"--"New York Times Book Review"
Cynthia Ozick is a literary treasure. In her sixth novel, she
retraces Henry James's "The Ambassadors" and delivers a brilliant,
utterly new American classic.
At the center of the story is Bea Nightingale, a fiftyish
divorced schoolteacher whose life has been on hold during the many
years since her brief marriage. When her estranged, difficult
brother asks her to travel to Europe to retrieve a nephew she
barely knows, she becomes entangled in the lives of his family.
Over the course of a few months she travels from New York to Paris
to Hollywood, aiding and abetting her nephew and niece while waging
a war of letters with her brother, and finally facing her
ex-husband to shake off his lingering sneers from decades past. As
she inadvertently wreaks havoc in their lives, every one of them is
irrevocably changed.
"Raucous, funny, ferocious, and tragic. A literary master, as James
was, Ozick makes all those qualities fit together seamlessly, and
with heartbreaking effect."--"Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Dazzling, even masterful."--"Entertainment Weekly"
General
Imprint: |
Mariner Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
November 2011 |
Authors: |
Cynthia Ozick
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Dimensions: |
203 x 135 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
255 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-547-57749-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-547-57749-4 |
Barcode: |
9780547577494 |
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