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Dictation: A Quartet | Cynthia Ozick
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Four tales by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Heir to the Glibbering World include the novella-length tale, "Dictation," in which the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad hatch a plot to launch themselves into posterity. Reprint.
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AmyG
Dictation: A Quartet | Cynthia Ozick
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Mehso-so

A book of 4 short stories. While Ozick is an excellent writer, I just couldn‘t “get into” this book. I did a bit of skimming. Thr best part for me was this was less than 200 pages.

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TheAromaofBooks I struggle with short stories as a format. 5y
AmyG @TheAromaofBooks Me, too. But this was given to me by a friend years ago. I figured I‘d add it to bookspin and just get it over with. 🤣 (edited) 5y
TheAromaofBooks haha I know that feeling!!! 5y
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GoneFishing
Dictation: A Quartet | Cynthia Ozick

Lie, illusion, deception, she said--was that it truly, the universal language we all speak?