Antiquities
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Ozick, C
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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"This Is A Borzoi Book" -- title page verso.
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"Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie, one of the seven surviving trustees of the now defunct (for 34 years) Temple Academy for Boys, is preparing a memoir of his days at the school, intertwined with a description of present events. As he navigates, with faltering recall, between the subtle anti-semitism that pervaded the school's ethos and his fascination with his own family history -- in particular, his illustrious cousin, the renowned archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie (check out his Wikipedia entry!), the source of his interest in antiquity -- he reconstructs the story of his encounter from his school days with a younger student named Ben-Zion Elefantin, who seems to belong to a lost ancient Jewish sect. From this seed emerges one of Ozick's most wondrous tales, one that displays her delight in Jamesian irony and the mythical flavor of a Kafka parable, woven into her own distinct voice"--,Provided by publisher.

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