by Cynthia Ozick
So, um, I really don't know what to say. It's like that perfect thing that breaks your heart and then . . .I know everyone says Moby Dick is the great American novel, but I think this might be it instead.
Really I love this for the story in which Puttermesser creates a golem, becomes the Mayor of New York, and ushers in a utopian age before her inevitable downfall.The final story is grotesque and unpleasant and random, and I have no idea why it exists.
Loved the first half, especially the golem story. Ruth Puttermesser unwittingly fantasized into existence a daughter golem, and finished sculpting it with her hands. This was terrific writing. I think I would like it way more, on a whole different level, if I knew anything at all about Jewish relig...
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