Dictation

A Quartet

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary
Cover of the book Dictation by Cynthia Ozick, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Author: Cynthia Ozick ISBN: 9780547526058
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication: April 14, 2009
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Cynthia Ozick
ISBN: 9780547526058
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication: April 14, 2009
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

“Four expertly turned stories” of comedy, deception, and revenge from the acclaimed author of Heir to the Glimmering World (*TheNew York Times Book Review*).**

A New York Times Notable Book

Dictation brings together four long stories by this Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize finalist, forming a quartet of sly humor and piercing insight into the human heart.

The title story imagines a fateful meeting between the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad at the peak of their fame. Timid Miss Hallowes, who types for Conrad, comes under the influence of James’s Miss Bosanquet, high-spirited, flirtatious, and scheming. In a masterstroke of genius, Ozick hatches a plot between them to insert themselves into literary posterity.

Each story in the collection starts in the comic mode, with heroes who suffer willful self-deceit. From self-deception, these not-so-innocents proceed to deceive others, who don’t take it lightly. Revenge is the consequence—and for the reader, a delicious if dark recognition of emotional truth.

In Dictation, an author whose stories have won four O. Henry first prizes “reveals herself a master” (The New York Times Book Review).

“A testament to the seductions of language and the smoldering aspirations of art.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

“A brilliant book, a necessary book, a book that radiates the true intelligence of literature from every page.” —The New York Observer

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“Four expertly turned stories” of comedy, deception, and revenge from the acclaimed author of Heir to the Glimmering World (*TheNew York Times Book Review*).**

A New York Times Notable Book

Dictation brings together four long stories by this Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize finalist, forming a quartet of sly humor and piercing insight into the human heart.

The title story imagines a fateful meeting between the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad at the peak of their fame. Timid Miss Hallowes, who types for Conrad, comes under the influence of James’s Miss Bosanquet, high-spirited, flirtatious, and scheming. In a masterstroke of genius, Ozick hatches a plot between them to insert themselves into literary posterity.

Each story in the collection starts in the comic mode, with heroes who suffer willful self-deceit. From self-deception, these not-so-innocents proceed to deceive others, who don’t take it lightly. Revenge is the consequence—and for the reader, a delicious if dark recognition of emotional truth.

In Dictation, an author whose stories have won four O. Henry first prizes “reveals herself a master” (The New York Times Book Review).

“A testament to the seductions of language and the smoldering aspirations of art.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

“A brilliant book, a necessary book, a book that radiates the true intelligence of literature from every page.” —The New York Observer

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