Title: A Perfect Starting Point for Reading Ozick
Product review: Reading The Messiah of Stockholm was my very first encounter with any of Ozick's fiction (I had previously read some of her New Yorker essays). The novel truly is one of the most intense and beautifully-written pieces I have ever read. There were moments when I read passages aloud, wanting to memorize those passages. Harold Bloom, in fact, considers it to be Ozick's best work. I recommend Messiah for anyone who hasn't yet stumbled across any of her fiction--a perfect beginning point, I think, despite that it is relatively fresh in comparison to her other works. Set to classical music, this novel is an aethetically-moving experience.
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