Ozick, Cynthia (Vol. 3) - Ozick, Cynthia 1928–
Ozick, Cynthia 1928–
Ms. Ozick is an American novelist and short story writer. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 17-18.)
[The] language [of Trust] is always askew, always surprising or disappointing expectation. It is as if Mrs. Ozick is extending—or trying to extend—the frontiers of perception by refusing the available phrase. She wants the arduous struggle for discovery, not the facile shock of recognition. I am only guessing at Mrs. Ozick's intention. I make this generous guess not out of any pleasure in the novel (I frankly confess that the novel gave me little pleasure), but because there is evidence of extraordinary ambition in the scope of the novel and Mrs. Ozick does show on occasion that she can write like a fiend (the long visionary account of the love-making between the heroine's father and a young woman surpasses anything Mailer has ever done, indeed is managed with the ingenuity and resourcefulness of a French...
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