> Interesting to see Ozick's name pop up. I am
not
> familiar with her but saw a book at a local
used
> bookstore, Caveat Emptor, that had a short story
by
> here called "The Shawl" that was described as
brutal,
> so I picked it up. I haven't read it yet so I
can't
> say if it's hardboiled or noir. There's also
a
> novella in it, too.
>
> miker
I've read one novel by Ozick, THE PUTTERMESSER PAPERS, which
was magical realism. A scholarly woman wishes for a daughter;
the wish winds up creating a female golem that grows into a
clone of herself.
It was actually a collection of stories woven into a single
tale.
Gerald
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