A wonderfulwriter,CynthiaOzickat the sametime anda brilliantessayist.Heressays onsuch diversefiguresas, forexample,IsaacBabel,Primo Levi, Anne Frank, MarkTwain,ChaimNachmanBialik, serve asan occasion forreflection onseriousissues such asthe history ofthe Jewsand theirlives today.
Inher works,oftenpolemicalandparadoxical, intellectualpassioncombined withrareinsight.Atrain of thoughtin the essayC.Ozickshort storydevelopswitha surprise.