{"product_id":"9780547561509","title":"The Din in the Head","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays on the joys of great literature from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e One of America’s foremost novelists and critics, Cynthia Ozick has won praise and provoked debate for taking on challenging literary, historical, and moral issues. Her new collection of spirited essays focuses on the essential joys of great literature, with particular emphasis on the novel. With razor-sharp wit and an inspiring joie de vivre, she investigates unexpected byways in the works of Leo Tolstoy, Saul Bellow, Helen Keller, Isaac Babel, Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, and others. In a posthumous and hilariously harassing “(Unfortunate) Interview with Henry James,” Ozick’s hero is shocked by a lady reporter. In “Highbrow Blues,” and in reflections on her own early fiction, she writes intimately of “the din in our heads, that relentless inner hum,” and the curative power of literary imagination. \u003ci\u003eThe Din in the Head \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to please fans of Ozick, win her new readers, and excite critical controversy and acclaim.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Open the collection anywhere—I guarantee it—and you will feel the bite of her distinctive voice.” —Sven Birkerts, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The passion that fills these essays is invigorating. In our age of irony and commercial pandering, we need writers like Ozick.” —Danielle Chapman, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107138912496,"sku":"9780547561509","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547561509_p0.jpg?v=1769916024","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547561509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}