About the book
With dashing originality and in prose that sings like an entire choir of sirens, Cynthia Ozick relates the life and times of her most compelling fictional creation. Ruth Puttermesser lives in New York City. Her learning is monumental. Her love life is minimal (she prefers pouring through Plato to romping with married Morris Rappoport). And her fantasies have a disconcerting tendency to come true - with disastrous consequences for what we laughably call \"reality.\"
Puttermesser yearns for a daughter and promptly creates one, unassisted, in the form of the first recorded female golem. Laboring in the dusty crevices of the civil service, she dreams of reforming the city - and manages to get herself elected mayor. Puttermesser contemplates the afterlife and is hurtled into it headlong, only to discover that a paradise found is also paradise lost. Overflowing with ideas, lambent with wit, The Puttermesser Papers is a tour de force by one of our most visionary novelists.
\"The finest achievement of Ozick's career... It has all the buoyant integrity of a Chagall painting.\" -San Francisco Chronicle
\"Fanciful, poignant... so intelligent, so finely expressed that, like its main character, it remains endearing, edifying, a spark of light in the gloom.\" -The New York Times
\"A crazy delight.\" -The New York Time Book Review
Editions of The Puttermesser Papers
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780517357408
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780679454762
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780679777397
- EBook
- ISBN 9780593313190
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780593610978
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780593610985
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With dashing originality and in prose that sings like an entire choir of sirens, Cynthia Ozick relates the life and times of her most compelling fictional creation. Ruth Puttermesser lives in New York City. Her learning is monumental. Her love life is minimal (she prefers pouring through Plato to romping with married Morris Rappoport). And her fantasies have a disconcerting tendency to come true - with disastrous consequences for what we laughably call \"reality.\"
Puttermesser yearns for a daughter and promptly creates one, unassisted, in the form of the first recorded female golem. Laboring in the dusty crevices of the civil service, she dreams of reforming the city - and manages to get herself elected mayor. Puttermesser contemplates the afterlife and is hurtled into it headlong, only to discover that a paradise found is also paradise lost. Overflowing with ideas, lambent with wit, The Puttermesser Papers is a tour de force by one of our most visionary novelists.
\"The finest achievement of Ozick's career... It has all the buoyant integrity of a Chagall painting.\" -San Francisco Chronicle
\"Fanciful, poignant... so intelligent, so finely expressed that, like its main character, it remains endearing, edifying, a spark of light in the gloom.\" -The New York Times
\"A crazy delight.\" -The New York Time Book Review
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Puttermesser Papers about?
With dashing originality and in prose that sings like an entire choir of sirens, Cynthia Ozick relates the life and times of her most compelling fictional creation. Ruth Puttermesser lives in New York City. Her learning is monumental. Her love life is minimal (she prefers pouring through Plato to romping with married Morris Rappoport). And her fantasies have a disconcerting tendency to come true - with disastrous consequences for what we laughably call \"reality.\"
Puttermesser yearns for a daughter and promptly creates one, unassisted, in the form of the first recorded female golem. Laboring in the dusty crevices of the civil service, she dreams of reforming the city - and manages to get herself elected mayor. Puttermesser contemplates the afterlife and is hurtled into it headlong, only to discover that a paradise found is also paradise lost. Overflowing with ideas, lambent with wit, The Puttermesser Papers is a tour de force by one of our most visionary novelists.
\"The finest achievement of Ozick's career... It has all the buoyant integrity of a Chagall painting.\" -San Francisco Chronicle
\"Fanciful, poignant... so intelligent, so finely expressed that, like its main character, it remains endearing, edifying, a spark of light in the gloom.\" -The New York Times
\"A crazy delight.\" -The New York Time Book Review
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Puttermesser Papers?
Fiction > Fantasy > Historical fantasy
Where can I read a sample of The Puttermesser Papers?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780517357408
Is The Puttermesser Papers part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage International
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Puttermesser Papers?
Cynthia Ozick
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Puttermesser Papers is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780517357408) and hardcover(ISBN 9780679454762) and paperback(ISBN 9780679777397) and ebook(ISBN 9780593313190) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780593610978) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780593610985)
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