The Messiah Of Stockholm
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage.. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover with dust jacket. No stickers or price tags visible on the cover.
A slim but deeply resonant work of literary fiction, The Messiah of Stockholm tells the story of Lars Andemening, a Stockholm book reviewer who becomes obsessed with the belief that he is the son of the martyred Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz. The novel chronicles his descent into a world of manuscripts, forgeries, and desperate longing, as a mysterious woman arrives claiming to possess Schulz's lost masterwork, The Messiah. Cynthia Ozick writes with piercing intelligence and lyrical intensity, weaving together themes of identity, grief, artistic obsession, and the haunting legacy of the Holocaust. The narrative argues that literature itself can become both a refuge and a dangerous illusion, as Lars must ultimately confront the price of his consuming fantasy. A compact yet profound meditation on the nature of authorship and inheritance, it stands as one of Ozick's most celebrated and philosophically rich works.
Author: Cynthia Ozick
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage.. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover with dust jacket. No stickers or price tags visible on the cover.
A slim but deeply resonant work of literary fiction, The Messiah of Stockholm tells the story of Lars Andemening, a Stockholm book reviewer who becomes obsessed with the belief that he is the son of the martyred Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz. The novel chronicles his descent into a world of manuscripts, forgeries, and desperate longing, as a mysterious woman arrives claiming to possess Schulz's lost masterwork, The Messiah. Cynthia Ozick writes with piercing intelligence and lyrical intensity, weaving together themes of identity, grief, artistic obsession, and the haunting legacy of the Holocaust. The narrative argues that literature itself can become both a refuge and a dangerous illusion, as Lars must ultimately confront the price of his consuming fantasy. A compact yet profound meditation on the nature of authorship and inheritance, it stands as one of Ozick's most celebrated and philosophically rich works.