Quarrel and Quandary : Essays

English

ISBN: 0375410619

EAN: 9780375410611

Category: Literary Collections / Essays/Literary Criticism / General/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 09/01/2000

Synopsis: In her new collection of essays, Cynthia Ozick, everywhere acclaimed as a critic, novelist, and storyteller, examines some of the worlds most illustrious writers and their work, tackles compelling contemporary literary and moral issues, and looks into the wellsprings of her own lifelong engagement with literature. She writes--quarrelsomely--aboutCrime and Punishment, about William StyronsSophies Choice, about the Book of Job. She inquires into the subterranean dispositions and quandaries of Kafka and Henry James. She discusses the difficulties inherent in the translation of great books, whether into film or into another language. She explores what she calls the selfishness of art and courts controversy with her views onThe Diary of Anne Frankand its transformation for the stage. Her reflections on the rights of history and the rights of imagination tap a profound concern for truth in regard to the Holocaust. She considers the shifting splendors of New York City, past and present. And she revisits her youth more deeply and with more feeling--and comedy--than ever before, in essays that reveal some of the formative experiences of her life as a writer. Quarrel & Quandaryis a literary event and a cause for celebration.

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Awards – null 

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Quarrel and Quandary : Essays

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Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.07 inches

Width: 6.14 inches

Length: 8.65 inches

Weight: 16.9 oz

Pages: 272