Introduction Cynthia Ozick is a literary treasure. In her sixth novel, she retells Henry James’s The Ambassadors and delivers a brilliant, utterly new American classic. At the core of the story is Bea Nightingale, a fiftyish divorced schoolteacher whose life has been on hold during the many years since her brief marriage. When her estranged, difficult brother asks her to travel [...]
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