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Heir to the Glimmering World

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Rose Meadows unknowingly enters this world when she answers an ambiguous want ad for an “assistant” to a Herr Mitwisser, the patriarch of a large, chaotic household. Rose, orphaned at eighteen, has been living with her distant relative Bertram, who sparks her first erotic desires. But just as he begins to return her affection, his lover, a radical socialist named Ninel, turns her out.

And so Rosie takes refuge from love among refugees of world upheaval. Cast out from Berlin’s elite, the Mitwissers live at the whim of a mysterious benefactor, James A’Bair. Inspired by the real Christopher Robin, James is the Bear Boy, the son of a famous children’s author who recreated James as the fanciful subject of his books. Also a kind of refugee, James runs from his own fame, a boy adored by the world but grown into a bitter man.

Ozick lovingly evokes these perpetual outsiders thrown together by surprising chance. The hard times they inherit hold glimmers of past hopes and future dreams. Heir to the Glimmering World is a generous delight.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Cynthia
Ozick

Cynthia Ozick has won widespread acclaim for her novels and short stories depicting the Jewish-American experience and for her memorable, nuanced female characters. Ozick studied at a boy’s heder, gaining an early love of Yiddish and of Jewish culture that would infuse her work. She went on to Ohio State University, discovering a passion for Henry James, whose writing deeply influenced her own. Her first published novel, Trust, appeared in 1966, followed by five more novels, fourteen collections of short stories and essays, and two plays. She has received the highest honors in the literary world for her powerful and challenging prose: three O. Henry prizes, fellowships from Guggenheim and the National Endowment for the Arts, two PEN awards, and a National Book Critics Circle Award (from Jewish Women’s Archive).

Cynthia Ozick has won widespread acclaim for her novels and short stories depicting the Jewish-American experience and for her memorable, nuanced female characters. Ozick studied at a boy’s heder, gaining an early love of Yiddish and of Jewish culture that would infuse her work. She went on to Ohio State University, discovering a passion for Henry James, whose writing deeply influenced her own. Her first published novel, Trust, appeared in 1966, followed by five more novels, fourteen collections of short stories and essays, and two plays. She has received the highest honors in the literary world for her powerful and challenging prose: three O. Henry prizes, fellowships from Guggenheim and the National Endowment for the Arts, two PEN awards, and a National Book Critics Circle Award (from Jewish Women’s Archive).

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
USA
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin

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