The Messiah of Stockholm
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A small group of Jews weave a web of intrigue and fantasy around a book reviewer’s contention that he is the son of Borus Schultz, the legendary Polish writer killed by the Nazis before his magnum opus, THE MESSIAH, could be brought to light.

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Weight 0.18 kg
Dimensions 0.92 × 13.34 × 20.12 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

160
Publisher

Year Published

1988-2-12
Imprint

ISBN 10

0394756940
About The Author

Cynthia Ozick, a recipient of a Lannan Award for fiction and a National Book Critics Circle winner for essays, is the author of Trust, The Messiah of Stockholm, The Shawl, and The Puttermesser Papers. She lives in New York.

"A truly intriguing mystery…Ozick brings off effects comparable to those of Isaac Bashevis Singer, who can persuade the reader to believe the incredible" — D. J. Enright, The New York Review of Books"An arresting, original puzzle of a novel…The orphan desperate to know his father, a familiar theme of fairy tales and myths, is made magical once again." — People"A spellbinding novel…The Messiah of Stockholm reaffirms Cynthia Ozick's position as one of the finest and most imaginative writers of our time." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Intrigues and entertains…weaves a tale that is richly, intensely imagined." — Anne Tyler, The New Republic"A striking book…Ozick writes with ferocious imaginative drive."– Boston Globe"A magician…a literary alchemist…a brilliant wordsmith."– USA Today
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