Antiquities / Cynthia Ozick.
"From one of our most pre eminent writers, a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past , and how our experience colors those meanings. Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie, one of the seven surviving trustees of the now defunct (for 34 years) Temple Academy for Boys, is preparing a memoir of his days at the school, intertwined with a description of present events. As he navigates, with faltering recall , between the subtle anti-semitism that pervaded the school's ethos and his fascination with his own family history-in particular, his illustrious cousin, the renowned archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie (check out his Wikipedia entry!), the source of his interest in antiquity-he reconstructs the story of his encounter from his school days with a younger student named Ben-Zion Elefantin, who seems to belong to a lost ancient Jewish sect. From this seed emerges one of Ozick's most wondrous tales, one that displays her delight in Jamesian irony and the mythical flavor of a Kafka parable, woven into her own distinct voice"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593318829
- ISBN: 059331882X
- Physical Description: 179 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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Subject: | Boys' schools > Fiction. Families > History > Fiction. Antisemitism > Fiction. Autobiographical memory > Fiction. Schools > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION OZICK 2021 (Text) | 0001002447926 | Fiction | Available | - |