Quarrel & Quandary: Essays

Quarrel & Quandary showcases the manifold talents of one of our leading and award-winning critics and essayists.

In nineteen opulent essays, Cynthia Ozick probes Dostoevsky for insights into the Unabomber, questions the role of the public intellectual, and dares to wonder what poetry is. She roams effortlessly from Kafka to James, Styron to Stein, and, in the book's most famous essay, dissects the gaudy commercialism that has reduced Anne Frank to "usable goods." Courageous, audacious, and sublime, these essays have the courage of conviction, the probing of genius, and the durable audacity to matter.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/13/2001
ISBN: 9780375724459
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: New York Times 11/11/2001 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 11/30/2001 pg. 84
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 89