Research Catalog
Antiquities
- Title
- Antiquities / Cynthia Ozick.
- Author
- Ozick, Cynthia
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- ©2021
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 21-60 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Description
- 179 pages : illustration; 19 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Novels.
- History.
- Fiction.
- Note
- "This Is A Borzoi Book" -- title page verso.
- Call Number
- JFC 21-60
- ISBN
- 9780593318829
- 059331882X
- LCCN
- 2020025778
- OCLC
- 1157718463
- Author
- Ozick, Cynthia, author.
- Title
- Antiquities / Cynthia Ozick.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Other Form:
- Online version: Ozick, Cynthia, Antiquities First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021] 9780593318836 (DLC) 2020025779
- Research Call Number
- JFC 21-60