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The Book of Ruth

At last, Cynthia Ozick joins the Jewish Hall of Fame.

By David Remnick|Posted Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at 3:30 AM ET

The Puttermesser Papers: A Novel
By Cynthia Ozick
Alfred A. Knopf; 304 pages; $23
At last, Cynthia Ozick joins the Jewish Hall of Fame.

(1,056 words; posted Tuesday, June 17)

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David Remnick is a staff writer at The New Yorker.