International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

The 1999 Shortlist:

Jim Crace
Don DeLillo
Francisco Goldman
Ian McEwan
Andrew Miller
Haruki Murakami
Cynthia Ozick
Bernhard Schlink

The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick

The Puttermesser Papers ISBN: 0224060139 (UK); 0679454764 (USA)

Nominated by:
San José Public Library, California.

Web Links
Find out more about Cynthia Ozick and her books on these sites:
A comprehensive Cynthia Ozick research page with lots of information and links
A Cynthia Ozick Reader from the University of Indiana
An interview with Cynthia Ozick from the Atlantic Monthly
A National Book Foundation conversation with Cynthia Ozick, with a biogaphical note

Ruth Puttermesser, yearning for a life of the mind (her idol is George Eliot), finds herself mired in the lowest circles of city bureaucracy. Her love life is hopeless. Her fantasies are more influential than reality - she takes Hebrew lessons from an uncle who died before she was born; she makes a golem out of the earth of her houseplants. Still, she turns out to be the best mayor New York City ever elected. Soon enough, though, paradise gained becomes paradise lost, and the impact of getting exactly what you want and then losing it plays itself out in dramatic and surprising fashion.

Cynthia Ozick has won many awards and prizes for her writing, including the American Academy of Arts. She lives near New York City.

Other books by Cynthia Ozick:

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The 1999 Shortlist: Jim Crace Don DeLillo Francisco Goldman Ian McEwan Andrew Miller Haruki Murakami Cynthia Ozick Bernhard Schlink	The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick ISBN: 0224060139 (UK); 0679454764 (USA)	Nominated by: San José Public Library, California.	Web Links Find out more about Cynthia Ozick and her books on these sites: A comprehensive Cynthia Ozick research page with lots of information and links A Cynthia Ozick Reader from the University of Indiana An interview with Cynthia Ozick from the Atlantic Monthly A National Book Foundation conversation with Cynthia Ozick, with a biogaphical note
	Ruth Puttermesser, yearning for a life of the mind (her idol is George Eliot), finds herself mired in the lowest circles of city bureaucracy. Her love life is hopeless. Her fantasies are more influential than reality - she takes Hebrew lessons from an uncle who died before she was born; she makes a golem out of the earth of her houseplants. Still, she turns out to be the best mayor New York City ever elected. Soon enough, though, paradise gained becomes paradise lost, and the impact of getting exactly what you want and then losing it plays itself out in dramatic and surprising fashion. Cynthia Ozick has won many awards and prizes for her writing, including the American Academy of Arts. She lives near New York City.	Other books by Cynthia Ozick:	Top of Page