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The Din in the Head

by Cynthia Ozick

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ISBN13: 9780618872589
ISBN10: 0618872582
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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. Her new collection of spirited essays focuses

on the essential joys of great literature. With razor-sharp wit and an inspiring

joie de vivre, she investigates unexpected byways in the works of Leo

Tolstoy, Saul Bellow, Helen Keller, Isaac Babel, Sylvia Plath, Susan

Sontag, Henry James, and others. In Highbrow Blues and in reflections

on her own early fiction, she writes intimately of the din in our heads,

that relentless inner hum, and the curative power of literary imagination.

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author

Cynthia Ozick is the author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. She is a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Man Booker International prize. Her stories have won four O. Henry first prizes, and Ozick was recently awarded the 2008 Pen/Nabokov Award and the 2008 Pen/Malamud Award. She lives in New York.

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ISBN:
9780618872589
Author:
Ozick, Cynthia
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Author:
Ozick, Cynthia
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Essays
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
June 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
243
Dimensions:
7.90x6.62x.69 in. .60 lbs.

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