The Bear Boy
$23.72
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2021
Summary
‘Sparky, mischievous, witty, dazzlingly clever’ - Ali Smith
‘A cause for celebration. Here we have a heroine to love, a story we can’t let go of’ - Ann Patchett
It had always been my habit– privately I felt it to be an ecstasy– to enter, as into a mysterious vault, any public library.
1930s New York is filling with Europe’s ousted dreamers, turned overnight into refugees.
Rose Meadows, book-loving and orphaned at eighteen, takes a job as assistant to t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474624039 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474624030 |
| Author: | Cynthia Ozick |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 22mm |
| Series: | W&N Essentials |
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Her wittiest, most engrossing book to date… Abundantly rich in ideas, language and emotion, the novel enchants and satisfies with its zesty union of heart and brain. * INDEPENDENT (26/5/06) *Ozick’s prose is warmed by a humanity reminiscent of the best Victorian novelists, making this a gratifying read. * OBSERVER (4/6/06) *
About The Author
Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia Ozick’s essays, novels and short stories have won numerous prizes and awards, and her most recent novel was shortlisted for the National Book Award in America.
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