The Din in the Head - Essays

Informationen zum Autor Author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, CYNTHIA OZICK is a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Man Booker International Prize. Her writing has appeared in The New Republic, Harper's, and elsewhere. She lives in New York. Klappentext One of America's foremost novelists and critics, Cynthia Ozick has won praise and provoked debate for taking on challenging literary, historical, and moral issues. In her spirited essay collection The Din in the Head, she focuses on the essential joys of great literature. With razor-sharp wit and an inspiring joie de vivre, Ozick investigates unexpected byways in the works of Leo Tolstoy, Saul Bellow, Helen Keller, Isaac Babel, Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, and Henry James, among others. Throughout this bracing collection, she celebrates the curative power of the literary imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia Ozick
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2007
• EAN: 9780618872589
• ISBN: 978-0-618-87258-9
• No. of pages: 243
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Diaries, letters and journals, Literature: history and criticism, Speeches, Medieval style, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM: Books & Reading, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Subjects & Themes / General