{"product_id":"the-puttermesser-papers-paperback-by-cynthia-ozick-1","title":"The Puttermesser Papers Paperback by Cynthia Ozick","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1998-06-30)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780679777397\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208.88\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.21 x 1.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • \u003ci\u003eThe Puttermesser Papers\u003c\/i\u003e follows Ruth Puttermesser, a highly learned woman living in New York City, who creates a female golem to fulfill her yearning for a daughter and becomes mayor, only to face the unintended consequences of her fantasies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A crazy delight.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Time Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRuth Puttermesser lives in New York City. Her learning is monumental. Her love life is minimal (she prefers pouring through Plato to romping with married Morris Rappoport). And her fantasies have a disconcerting tendency to come true - with disastrous consequences for what we laughably call \"reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePuttermesser yearns for a daughter and promptly creates one, unassisted, in the form of the first recorded female golem. Laboring in the dusty crevices of the civil service, she dreams of reforming the city - and manages to get herself elected mayor. Puttermesser contemplates the afterlife and is hurtled into it headlong, only to discover that a paradise found is also paradise lost. Overflowing with ideas, lambent with wit, \u003ci\u003eThe Puttermesser Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force by one of our most visionary novelists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The finest achievement of Ozick's career... It has all the buoyant integrity of a Chagall painting.\" -\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fanciful, poignant... so intelligent, so finely expressed that, like its main character, it remains endearing, edifying, a spark of light in the gloom.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Ozick\u003c\/b\u003e, a recipient of a Lannan Award for fiction and a National Book Critics Circle winner for essays, is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Messiah of Stockholm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shawl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Puttermesser Papers\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554558005409,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780679777397","price":24.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780679777397_f0f783fc-ec34-4f3b-838d-2f4fad140505.jpg?v=1781772824","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-puttermesser-papers-paperback-by-cynthia-ozick-1","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}