Dictation

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Publication Year:
2009

ISBN-13: 9780547526058

<DIV><B>&ldquo;Four expertly turned stories&rdquo; of comedy, deception, and revenge from the acclaimed author of <I>Heir to the Glimmering World</I> (<I>The</I><I>New York Times Book Review</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> A New York Times Notable Book<BR /> &#160;<BR /><I>Dictation</I> brings together four long stories by this Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize finalist, forming a quartet of sly humor and piercing insight into the human heart.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> The title story imagines a fateful meeting between the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad at the peak of their fame. Timid Miss Hallowes, who types for Conrad, comes under the influence of James&rsquo;s Miss Bosanquet, high-spirited, flirtatious, and scheming. In a masterstroke of genius, Ozick hatches a plot between them to insert themselves into literary posterity.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Each story in the collection starts in the comic mode, with heroes who suffer willful self-deceit. From self-deception, these not-so-innocents proceed to deceive others, who don&rsquo;t take it lightly. Revenge is the consequence&mdash;and for the reader, a delicious if dark recognition of emotional truth.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> In <I>Dictation</I>, an author whose stories have won four O. Henry first prizes &ldquo;reveals herself a master&rdquo; (<I>The New York Times Book Review</I>)<I>.</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A testament to the seductions of language and the smoldering aspirations of art.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>O, The Oprah Magazine</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A brilliant book, a necessary book, a book that radiates the true intelligence of literature from every page.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>The New York Observer</I></DIV>