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Heir to the Glimmering World Paperback - 2005
by Cynthia Ozick
Set in the New York of the 1930s, this entrancing, richly plotted novel brims with intriguing characters. Orphaned at 18, with few possessions, Rose Meadows finds steady employment with the Mitwisser clan and watches as the refugee family's fortunes rise and fall, against the vivid backdrop of a world in tumult.
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Cynthia Ozick has been known for decades as one of America's most gifted and extraordinary storytellers; her remarkable new novel has established her as one of the most entertaining as well.
Set in the New York of the 1930s, Heir to the Glimmering World is a spellbinding, richly plotted novel brimming with intriguing characters. Orphaned at eighteen, with few possessions, Rose Meadows finds steady employment with the Mitwisser clan. Recently arrived from Berlin, the Mitwissers rely on the auspices of a generous benefactor, James A'Bair, the discontented heir to a fortune his father, a famous childen's author, made from a series of books called The Bear Boy. Against the vivid backdrop of a world in tumult, Rose learns the refugee family's secrets as she watches their fortunes rise and fall in Ozick's wholly engrossing novel.
Set in the New York of the 1930s, Heir to the Glimmering World is a spellbinding, richly plotted novel brimming with intriguing characters. Orphaned at eighteen, with few possessions, Rose Meadows finds steady employment with the Mitwisser clan. Recently arrived from Berlin, the Mitwissers rely on the auspices of a generous benefactor, James A'Bair, the discontented heir to a fortune his father, a famous childen's author, made from a series of books called The Bear Boy. Against the vivid backdrop of a world in tumult, Rose learns the refugee family's secrets as she watches their fortunes rise and fall in Ozick's wholly engrossing novel.
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- Title Heir to the Glimmering World
- Author Cynthia Ozick
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date 2005-09-01
- ISBN 9780618618804 / 0618618805
- Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Historical fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 09/01/2005, Page 65
- New York Times, 09/25/2005, Page 36
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