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Loading... The Shawl (original 1989; edition 1990)by Cynthia Ozick (Author)
Work InformationThe Shawl: A Story and Novella by Cynthia Ozick (1989)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Where was I––the I that reads and loves books––when I read this book? I see it on the shelf at the library. I see my hand reaching for the book many times. It resides on the highest shelf, on the left, in the middle of fiction, centered on the east side of my little library. Standing tiptoed, I pull it down from its spot, more than once. And then, finally, I check it out and bring it home. I read this slim book in an evening. I admire Ozick's masterly writing. I had not yet read any of Cynthia Ozick's books, and I had wanted to. And there it was, day after day, year after year, at my library. I read this book, but... Where was my soul? Where was my mind, when I read this book? I remember almost nothing about it. "Almost" might be me being too kind to myself. I am reading the reviews here on Goodreads and don't remember this story. Where was I? I'm feeling a bit devastated––if that's possible. Only because it's also possible I had just finished reading [b:Reading the Holocaust|48840|Reading the Holocaust|Inga Clendinnen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386923664s/48840.jpg|47781], when I picked The Shawl up to read, will I forgive my forgetting. [a:Inga Clendinnen|27425|Inga Clendinnen|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1253355609p2/27425.jpg]'s book left me numb, the Gorgon effect and all. This was all a long time ago, too. no reviews | add a review
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A devastating vision of the Holocaust and the unfillable emptiness it left in the lives of those who passed through it. No library descriptions found. |
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