The Puttermesser Papers (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cynthia Ozick
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Feminism, Jews or Jewish life, Life and death, Morality or morals, Mortality
- Locales: New York, NY
The Puttermesser Papers is composed of two short stories and three novellas that appeared in periodicals over the previous fifteen years. All center on Ruth Puttermesser and are loosely organized around the various decades of her life.
In the first section, Ruth, a lawyer in her mid-thirties, leaves one job because she faces discrimination as a woman and as a Jew and takes another with the city's Department of Receipts and Disbursement. Although her days are spent in the monotony of a bureaucracy, her evenings are enriched by her imagination. She envisions being in...
[The entire page is 883 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
