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If every outlet for booklet criticism suddenly vanished - if all we'd were reviews that treated books like any other item - could the novel survive? Within a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of this fantastic assemblage, Cynthia Ozick stakes the declare that, in the same way surely as critics need a steady way to obtain new fiction, novelists need great critics to create a vivid community on the foundation of literary record. For decades Ozick herself has been one of our great critics, as these essays so evidently display. She offers models of critical research of authors from the mid-20th century to today, from Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Kafka to William Gass and Martin Amis, all constructed in provocatively called groups: Fans, Monsters, Figures, as well as others. Uncompromising and filled with understanding, these essays are crucial listening for anyone facing the future of books in the digital years.
